Managing physical and digital files, metadata-gathering, and enabling complex internal or public searches of cultural production, ephemera, archives and/or born-digital assets are issues faced by many organizations: large, small, funded, volunteer… At Openflows, IÂ build digital catalogs and archives regularly and want to share some of those specific strategies we use at the outset of a… Continue reading So You Want to Make A Digital Archive? Three Strategy Questions
Category: Digital Catalogs
Digital Catalog, Data Migration, Schema & Architecture Analysis: WLCC Research Lab
From 2014-2015, I worked with researchers and digital conservationists at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center at Clemson University to create a digital collection management system for the archeological research on The Hunley. Using CollectiveAccess as our destination, we imported over 90,000 records from MicrosoftAccess, cleaning the data and mapping it onto a more modern metadata… Continue reading Digital Catalog, Data Migration, Schema & Architecture Analysis: WLCC Research Lab
Digital Archiving: How to Pick A Software
I’ve been building and teaching others how to build digital collections and archives for about three years now. Seeing that I often field questions from folks, here’s a starting list for those interested in creating online archives or collections. PLANNING YOUR DIGITAL COLLECTION Ask yourself the following questions, as a way to information-gather what you’ll… Continue reading Digital Archiving: How to Pick A Software
Digital archive for a library using CollectiveAccess
Queer & Radical Cataloging Conferences
I’ll be speaking about the Interference Archive, disruptive cataloging, and technology that works with activist organizing tactics at two conferences in the coming weeks: April 4 at Queer Internet Studies workshop, and April 11 at the Radical Archives Conference.
Workshop 3/11/14: Digital Cataloging and Archiving with Open Source Software
Tuesday March 11, 2014, 6:30–10pm workshop @ Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology in NYC. Register online here. Creating and managing digital archives, catalogs, and collections is a growing concern as organizations seek to manage files and records, metadata-gather, and enable complex searches of their cultural production, ephemera, archives and/or born-digital assets. This one-evening, two-part workshop goes… Continue reading Workshop 3/11/14: Digital Cataloging and Archiving with Open Source Software