Personal Archiving Clinic 

Location: The Local History Room, National City Public Library

Purpose

This clinic is designed to show patrons how to digitally preserve important personal objects such as photos, personal documents, and digital photos from permanent loss. You will learn about the proper equipment, format and filing system you might use in order to organize your documents and we will discuss how to prioritize collections you wish to preserve. The clinic is designed to assist in getting a project started. Patrons might wish to also arrange for future appointments to access our archival scanner to continue digitally preserving their collection.

With the ever-mounting threats of fire and flood from our rapidly warming climate, the loss of personal possessions is a looming threat. It is important these days to have a plan and strategy to keep our most important personal memories and important documents safe and retrievable again in the future. 

PLEASE NOTE: If you have historical photos or documents related to National City history, especially from local marginalized or underrepresented communities, please contact us. We are interested in reviewing and possibly digitally preserving this for historical access.

What you will need to bring:

Please bring several photos and/or paper objects which you wish to digitally preserve. Please bring one new key drive so that you can save your objects to.

When

Thursday August 21, 6:45-7:30 pm

Thursday November 20,  6:45-7:30 pm

Where

National City Public Library on the second floor in the Local History Room

1401 National City Blvd, National City, CA 91950

Limited to one small group per session

Our trained staff of digital preservation experts are here to help you begin this process of securing your personal documents.

Contact: Local History Room

Email: localhistory@nationalcityca.gov 

To reserve a spot in this clinic, please RSPV by email and include the subject "Personal Archiving Clinic" in your message.