StoryCorps, Inc.

StoryCorps will develop a set of web-based interactive tools and an app to help librarians use digital technology to engage with diverse constituents and develop unique and wide-ranging community documentation projects. The project will expand on StoryCorps existing resources and make them more readily accessible to more libraries as interested libraries can use the web-based resources to receive training in StoryCorps' methods. In addition, the new app will provide libraries with a low-cost method for people to record, preserve, and share interviews as libraries will no longer have to buy their own recording equipment or borrow equipment from StoryCorps to record stories. Particular emphasis will be placed on creating customized tools for small, rural, and tribal libraries to support outreach and interview collection in the communities served by these institutions. The project will offer interactive workshops about the tools at the annual Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums conference and the annual Association of Rural and Small Libraries conference.