US : Texas, Austin - website The Human Rights Documentation Initiative

[Agnes Jonker]

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AUSTIN, Texas
The Human Rights Documentation Initiative, a project of the University of Texas Libraries, has launched its website.

The Human Rights Documentation Initiative (HRDI) website provides archived web resources for distance research, highlights human rights related archival materials at UT, informs the public on HRDI’s current documentation partnerships and promotes human rights events and research occurring at The University of Texas at Austin.
The site also features a blog to document participant perspectives, project trips, and experiences regarding the work being done to advance the project.
The HRDI has concurrently launched a Twitter feed to provide real-time project updates, event reminders and human rights related news.

"The HRDI website not only serves as an access portal for the unique human rights documentation preserved by the HRDI but also showcases the diversity of human rights related resources, research and advocacy originating from UT’s libraries, academic programs, research centers and student groups," says project archivist T-Kay Sangwand.


The HRDI website highlights the following types of materials:

UT Collections
Primary source, archival materials related to human rights.

Archived Web Resources
Websites, reports, audio, video, photographs on human rights struggles that are produced by individuals or small organizations who lack resources and opportunities for widespread distribution of their work.

Audiovisual documentation (limited access)
Fragile, born-digital, audiovisual documentation of human rights violations acquired through partnerships with human rights organizations worldwide (access to these materials is currently limited due to the sensitive nature of the information).