A two-hour outreach workshop, “Preservation Basics for Personal Archive,” was developed for the faculty and staff across campus at two academic institutions, SUNY Buffalo State and the University of Nevada, Reno. The goal of the workshop was to raise awareness of the role of archives and special collections, as well as provide a general audience with tools to adequately preserve their own personal archives. Evaluations demonstrate that this workshop has had a positive impact on awareness and engagement across the institutions.