Digitization of Critical Documents 2016 Archive Fall Sojourn September 12-16 There are 20,000 documents in the ICA Global Archives. 2000 documents have been digitized. The Archives Document Digitization Team has developed a plan to scan and digitize the most important documents within the FileMaker Pro database of 20,000 entries. A major portion of the digitizing will go on at the ICA GreenRise during the fall sojourn. Here is where you come in. [image: ]We are asking colleagues to determine categories in the Category List with which they are most familiar. Attached is the ICA Global Archives Category List (the main categories of everything in the archives that has been accessioned - meaning we know what it is and where it is located in the archives). Note which portions of the Archives Category List where you have the most knowledge and experience. Next step....you WILL BE SENT AN ELECTRONIC COPY of FileMaker Pro database listing all items that have been put in archival folders. Items in the database are in the same order as the Category List making it easy to quickly scan the database. There is a column for your name and to indicate high, medium, or low priority for scanning. 1. Go to the section of the database where you will select documents. 2. In the space provided, indicate high, medium, or low priority for scanning. 3. Send your completed list to beretgriffith@gmail.com Colleagues on site at the GreenRise will: pull documents from the files; scan the documents; return the documents to the drawer. And there you have it! A corporate contribution to a huge, seemingly impossible task. Please reply to this message indicating your willingness to participate in this major project and Wendell Refior will send you a copy of the FileMaker Pro Database for your input. You put your lives into the work of The Ecumenical Institute and Institute of Cultural Affairs and it will be made available to the world via a website that draws people to the information. Thank you from the ICA Global Archives Advisory Council