The University of Michigan School of Information (SI) has obtained two years of funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Preservation and Access Education and Training Program to develop and implement a virtual education laboratory featuring digital access and preservation tools.

These tools have been integrated into 5 Masters’ level courses in two specializations preparing information management and cultural heritage professionals: Preservation of Information (PI) and Archives and Records Management (ARM).

Educating a new generation of digital archivists or curators is essential to create, build, and sustain digital humanities collections and to ensure that they are accessible to humanities scholars in a variety of fields.