Sealaska Corporation

Sealaska Heritage Institute will preserve and enhance its extensive collection of library and archival materials relating to the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures. Sealaska serves more than 22,000 tribal constituents in and outside of Alaska as well as Native and non-Native scholars, researchers, and members of the public across Southeast Alaska and around the world. They will undertake digitization efforts to guard against deterioration of collection materials with a particular emphasis on preserving audiovisual recordings currently on outdated formats, such as audio cassettes or VHS tapes. To ensure its resources remain current, viable, and of value to its patrons, Sealaska will purchase new books and publications and send its staff to a workshop of the Society of American Archivists.