• Are you a library or archives worker tasked with overseeing digital collections at your job?
• Are you short staffed, or have no/little budget to dedicate to this work?
• Are you overwhelmed at the scope of the issues regarding stewarding your digital materials, and aren’t sure where to get started or what steps you need to take to safeguard your collections?
• Have you been curious about undertaking assessment work, but are unsure where to start?
• Do you frequently feel alone, or like you have no one that you can ask for advice, or even use as a sounding board for your ideas?
• Do you have questions about technology implementation, workflows, best practices, creating policies, and advocating for support within your organization?
• Do you have some work time available that you can dedicate to learning about and engaging in assessment work?
• Would you like to be PAID to gain this experience, and to share with your peers?

If you answered yes to these questions, then the Digital POWRR Peer Assessment Program may be for you!

The Digital POWRR Peer Assessment Program is a supportive, year-long, cohort-based training program for cultural heritage professionals who are interested in learning and applying digital preservation assessment procedures into their work. Participants will be paid $3000 for participating, and their institutions will receive $870 to put towards technology purchases. This program will be delivered entirely online.

We have provided a preferred application period for members of our Phase 1 partner organizations, which include the Association of Hawai’i Archivists, Northwest Archivists, Inc, and Amigos Library Services. Although these applicants will receive priority in the selection process, we are now soliciting applications from individuals who are not members of these organizations.

For more information on the program, please visit the Digital POWRR Peer Assessment Program website. The application for Phase 1 is available here. If you are unable to access Google Forms, we also have a PDF application for Phase 1 you can fill out and submit.

Thank you and please contact Stacey Erdman with any questions!

Stacey Erdman (she/her)

Digital Preservation & Curation Officer

Acting Digital Repository Manager

Project Director – Digital POWRR Peer Assessment Program

Arizona State University – Polytechnic Campus

stacey.erdman@asu.edu