Santa Ana Public Library

The Santa Ana Public Library, in partnership with HistoryPin, will conduct a library-based community memory program to build community connections and cultural heritage collections through sharing stories of migration in America. Project activities include building a publicly accessible and free to use digital platform for community members and institutional partners; developing a kit of training guidelines, curriculum, and other materials; and creating a getting started guide for libraries. The project will provide a model for libraries to give new immigrant communities a participatory voice in library collections and events; increase digital literacy and provide learning in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to immigrant youth and at-risk young adults through digital training in new media and digitization tools; and outline the practices necessary to make libraries an anchor of intergenerational and intercultural discussions on a local and national level.