The Lighting the Way Working Meeting on Archival Discovery and Delivery was series of online meetings and facilitated activities focused on convening small groups to develop a topic related to improving archival discovery and delivery. The Working Meeting had an open call for participation for potential participants to apply for a cohort dedicated to advancing an inclusive and technically integrated future for access and use of archival collections. The Working Meeting built on the work of Lighting the Way: A National Forum on Archival Discovery and Delivery, held at Stanford University in February 2020.

Nine groups with a total of 52 individuals were selected from of a pool of 24 applications with a total of 100 individuals. Each group was assigned a facilitator who would work with them throughout the Working Meeting. Each of the nine groups were assigned a designated facilitator. In addition to the nine selected groups, the project team invited a tenth group of participants to provide a written contribution without synchronous participation in the facilitated sessions. The Working Meeting leveraged generative facilitation methods focused on strategic planning to address three goals:

Background and overview

The following video, prepared for potential participants, provides a background and overview of the goals and structure for the Lighting the Way Working Meeting.