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Please join the Solo Archivists Section for two panel events on small digitization projects! There will be time for Q&A so please bring your questions.
UnBOXED: Small Digitization Projects 1
Thursday, March 28, 2024
2pm Eastern / 1pm Central / 12pm Mountain / 11am Pacific / 10am Alaska / 8am Hawaiʻi
Register: https://northeastern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsd--orjwsG9VtC5ntkXLPNgxJ52ixAITe
Panelists:
Katherine Banks, Milligan University (Tennessee)
For almost ten years, the archivist and archives student workers at Milligan University’s archives have been digitizing institutional photos for their digital repository. This presentation will give an overview of that project, which has become a rich resource for reference and outreach for the archives.
In 2022, Palama Settlement embarked on a digitization project to scan, catalog, and describe over 40,000 documents and photographs circa 1896-1980. Digitization priority of documents was determined by institutional need to support Palama Settlement’s administration. Additionally, the entire photographic collection has been prioritized due to the at-risk conditions of the physical materials. The presentation will show what is currently available online and cover the next steps of the project.
Karina Wilhelm, Center for Archaeology and Society Repository, Arizona State University (Arizona)
Utilizing student workers, the Center for Archaeology and Society Repository digitizes archival materials to support archaeology work around Arizona. This presentation will address the logistics of the project and the challenges of providing information while also protecting archaeological sites.
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UnBOXED: Small Digitization Projects 2
Friday, April 26, 2024
2pm Eastern / 1pm Central / 12pm Mountain / 11am Pacific / 10am Alaska / 8am Hawaiʻi
Register: https://northeastern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0rdOmgqj8uGNIKA9gky7W85wO0R_yHAC1A
Panelists:
Akio Lis, American Numismatic Association Library (Colorado)
The American Numismatic Association Library has been working to catalog their archives and digitize and publish portions of the archive collection online. At this time, they have fully digitized five collections, both with staff/volunteers in-house and outsourced workers. In this presentation, Akio will discuss what archives were prioritized, the process used to scan the documents, the learning curve in the processing and cataloging of the items, and their long term goals.
Diamond Cronen, MOS Family Archive / Maria Shriver’s Archive (California)
In 2024, one of the digitization projects Diamond is responsible for is the photograph collection from when Maria Shriver was First Lady of California [2003-2010]. As a solo archivist, Diamond will go over organizational considerations, strategy for maximizing archival use (including relevant businesses, nonprofits, & political initiatives). She will also go over how the final digitized collection could be shared.