Seniors to Seniors: Creating Local History

About This Grant

In the Seniors to Seniors: Creating Local History project the Shaw Historical Library and the OIT Historical Archives intend to harness senior and baby boomer volunteers' interest in local history to address the problem of limited local history services and resources.  Volunteers will be trained to work with collections and assist with reference services as well as how to create local history resources by conducting oral history interviews and working with donors. The overall goal is to foster a stronger sense of community by expanding the development and use of local history library services and resources by the community through the efforts of an enlarged Shaw Historical Library.