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Rachel Havens, a librarian on the Holmes Community College Goodman Campus, has been selected to participate in the Mississippi Digital Humanities Hub’s competitive two-week residential workshop this summer at The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.
The workshop, hosted by the Mississippi Digital Humanities Hub (MS-DH Hub), is designed for Mississippi-based faculty, museum professionals and archivists. It will focus on the fundamentals of collecting and preserving materials through digitization, as well as cost-effective and accessible strategies for making those materials publicly available and understandable. The Hub aims to support community-based projects that help preserve Mississippi’s historical, cultural and literary heritage. It is funded through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, a division of the National Archives.
Havens holds a Master of Library Science from USM, a bachelor’s from Mississippi State University and an associate degree from Holmes. This workshop will serve as a professional opportunity for Havens, and will teach her how to better preserve and share Mississippi’s unique stories through digital tools and community collaboration.
To learn more about upcoming workshops, grant opportunities and the work of the MS-DH Hub, visit ms-digital-hub.com.
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