Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

The Shenandoah Living Archive (SLA) is a new James Madison University Libraries and Educational Technologies initiative that engages students, the local community, and faculty in capturing, creating, and curating the real-time documentation of life in the Shenandoah Valley. The Shenandoah Living Archive collects the stories of the communities that make up the rich tapestry of life in the Valley today. Materials include born-digital items (oral histories, images, video, geospatial data) and physical materials (flyers, pamphlets, diaries). A technologically rich space, the SL encourages creativity, connectivity, and experimentation in the development of new content and digital storytelling—a remixing that will bring …