Memory Lab Network

Personal Archiving Class Slide Decks

Here you will find the most up-to-date versions of our personal archiving and preservation classes as Google Slides, with detailed notes and tips. Please make a copy, remix, and repurpose for your community.

Zine Library

A zine is a non-commercial, often handmade, publication intended for small circulation. Here we have compiled links to several zines on personal archiving topics. You can then print, fold, staple, and hand out these zines at your Memory Lab related classes and events.

Tutorials and Webinars

The project resulted in several instructional videos showing the how's and why's of running a Memory Lab, along with recorded webinars for professional development and further mentoring of our partners. All of these videos can be found on the project's Youtube page. Topics include: How to Evaluate Your AV Deck, How to Repair a Broken VHS Tape, Disaster Preparedness and Planning, and much more!

Cohort One Training

Two ambassadors from each of our seven Cohort One Memory Lab Network Project Partners attended a week-long intensive training in Washington, D.C., April 16-20, 2018. This was the kickoff to spending one year creating personal archiving stations and programs for their communities following the DCPL model and was a deep-dive into analog and digital preservation and the ins and outs of building and running a Memory Lab.

Cohort Two Training

Two ambassadors from each of our seven Second Cohort partners attended 3 virtual webinars and a 3-day intensive training in Washington, D.C., January 21-24, 2020. This was a deep-dive into analog and digital preservation and the ins and outs of building, running, and using a Memory Lab.

Cohort Three Training

Ambassadors from our Third Cohort attended fully virtual training from May through August 2022. This included pre-recorded webinars and lectures, monthly group meetings, twice-weekly open virtual office hours, and information created by and for our previous two cohorts.