A Joint Instance of the Archivists’ Toolkit as a Tool for Collaboration Cassandra A. Schmitt, Univ. of Oregon Elizabeth A. Nielsen, Oregon State Univ. Society of American Archivists August 26, 2011
UO vs OSU Rivalry
UO Special Collections and University Archives
OSU University Archives
Northwest Digital Archives
NWDA + AT = NWDA AT Interest Group
Collaboration Beginnings UO: Special Collections and University Archives OSU: University Archives Only inter-institutional instance of AT
Joint Instance What does this mean?
Technical Infrastructure
Connected! Interior view of Mitchell Point Tunnel, Columbia Highway, Oregon State University Archives,
UO Implementation TimeframeActivity January 2009Accessions module February 2009Legacy data planning/migration February % of legacy data in AT March 2011Active Resources module June 2011Reference and stacks locations for all staff
OSU Implementation Connectivity established May 2010 Began creating finding aids in AT January 2011 accessions module for new materials Generating resource records
Collaboration Meetings
Shared decisions
Work flow collaborate
Accessions User Defined Fields
EAD Output (Encoded Archival Description) AT EAD outputNWDA compliant EAD
Authority Control
Joint Reference
Moving Forward
Thanks! Cassie Schmitt Elizabeth Nielsen