The Roger Conatser Aerial Photographs Collection Bethany C. Fiechter, Archivist for Manuscript and Digital Collections Amanda A. Hurford, Metadata and Digital Collections Developer
Project Background Archives and Special Collections and Metadata and Digital Initiatives collaboration Acquisition of materials Digitization decisions – Evidential value (documenting historical events, topographical changes) – Research potential – Accessibility – Preservation
Archival Arrangement Analog materials (e.g. slides, negatives, and photographs) —Initial processing Acid free folders, sleeves, and boxes —Selection for digitization Organizational scheme for scanning elsewhere
Digital Arrangement Digital files —Securing space —File transfer —Creating unique identifiers
Description: Using Access Collaborative workflow —Brief records created in Access database exported to MADI
Description: Using Archivists` Toolkit Archival record created in Archivists’ Toolkit
Description: Using CONTENTdm
Metadata Records Establish fields Populate data Maintain vocabularies
Quality Control/Project Tracking
Preservation External hard drives —Long-term storage Online/near-line storage space —Access for patron requests
Promotion Web 2.0 tools —Facebook, Flickr and Blogger Class instruction —“Teaching archives” Library Insider newsletter Outreach programs
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