Archives 2.0 on a micro scale Amanda Hill Hillbraith Ltd.
What I’ll be covering Context Activities Measuring use Assessing impact
Deseronto Archives Total annual budget : $11,000 (£6,000) Staff: 1 part-time archivist (0.2 FTE) Open 6 hours per week (Wednesdays)
Deseronto
Part of c.1895 plan of Deseronto
West docks, c.1900 RATHCO
Main Street, 1890s RATHCO-08-02
World War I CAMPM-06-13
Deseronto Archives Small town History-rich Cash-poor
I.T. Town website (no access for updating by archives staff) Archives’ PC attached to Deseronto Public Library’s network & Internet –Network drive, backed up No account for Archives
Archives 2.0 progress… Sep 2007:Gmail & Google Calendar account for Archives Oct 2007: Blog set up Jan 2008: Flickr account opened Jul 2008: Moved to ‘Pro’ Flickr account Jan 2009: Began tweeting $47.99 (£26)
Using Twitter
Measuring Archives 2.0 activity Basic measures –Blog: 27 posts, 7 comments –Flickr (pro): 362 items, 8,271 views, 15 comments, 4 favourites, 1 note –Twitter: 48 updates, 15 followers
Blog statistics
Traffic sources
Flickr Pro statistics
Impact of Archives 2.0 activity Useful comments Direct contact and collaboration with users New accessions (virtual, digital and actual)
Flickr comments
Flickr notes
User-generated notes
Virtual collections
New digital materials WWI Royal Flying Corps camps Camp Mohawk images on Flickr and blog from son of one of the flight instructors at Camp Mohawk, mentioning a photograph album
A spur for creativity…
Search engines
Impact of Twitter? Early days
Confession…
Flickr calendar view
Impact = effort Archives 2.0 technologies great for: –raising profile of repository/collections –having unforeseen and positive outcomes for collection new relationships and collaborations with users BUT one of those outcomes might well be extra work for archives staff
Archives 2.0 consequences Creation and maintenance of Archives 2.0 presence(s) New conversations with users New content (may be held outside the archive) Finding a personal institutional voice