It is the Northern Marianas Humanities Council’s mission to navigate and explore the human experiences of the indigenous and diverse peoples of the Commonwealth by enriching their lives through research, dialogue, programs, and publications.
DIGITAL PRESERVATION LAB
Representative Denita P. Yangetmai shares information about a historic photograph with Record Specialist Michail Villagomez as he annotates the newly uploaded digital record.
The public is invited to the NMHC Archives & Records Team pop-up historic record Digital Preservation Lab between 10 am and 3 pm held at various locations on Saipan, Tinian, and Luta. Council staff and volunteers guide community members through the process of using a variety of tools and technology to digitize their own historic content including photographs, documents, and artifacts to be uploaded to the NMHC Digital Archives and made accessible to the public.
Technology to record oral histories and narratives relevant to each participant’s digitized content will also be available.
As of October 2024, the Digital Archive is now live and publicly accessible. The council’s first pop-up digital preservation lab was held on Saipan on Saturday, October 19th, at the Northern Marianas Humanities Council office, and three new collections were successfully uploaded by participants.
Program Coordinator Leeanni Saralu takes high-quality digital photographs of artifacts to be uploaded to the new Richard Newman Cody Collection, assisted by Jadrien Litulumar.
Rosa “Chailang” Palacios sits with Archive Manager Roberto Santos to share information about an old photograph of herself with her late parents to be added to her own collection on the Digital Archive.
Record Specialists Melissa Santos (left) and Michail Villagomez work to upload newly digitized content to new collections on the Northern Marianas Humanities Council’s Digital Archive.
The latest Digital Preservation Lab was held on Luta, at the Antonio C. Atalig Memorial Library on Saturday, December 14th. Library staff, educators and Americorps volunteers were able to observe, learn about and participate in the digitization process alongside council staff as records were added to new collections.
Archive Manager Roberto Santos, center, with Record Specialists Jad Litulumar and Michail Villagomez (left), introduces technology for digitizing photos, documents, film negatives and slides to Americorps volunteers, educators and library staff at the Antonio C. Atalig Memorial Library on the island of Luta.
Archive Manager Roberto Santos demonstrates digitization of photo negatives and slides.Record Specialist Jad Litulumar examines somes slides while Record Specialist Michail Villagomez assists Americorps volunteers with using different types of technology to create digital records of photo negatives and slides at the Antonio C. Atalig Memorial Library on Luta.
The next Digital Preservation Lab will be held on Tinian at the Tinian Public Library on Saturday, February 15th, the weekend of Pika Fest, from 10 am to 3 pm!
Humanities Council Executive Director Leo Pangelinan shares about the first records he contributed to his own family’s Pangelinan Obo Collection.
Humanities Council Archive Manager Roberto Santos’ emotional interview with Catherine Perry about the Digital Archive and the Digital Preservation Lab events.
