Wednesday Round Table Discussions Metadata and Digital Object Round table During this session, the four presenters shared experiences creating metadata for digital objects during the course of specific projects. The first presenter, Peter Chen “Using Forensic Evidence to Assign Metadata to Born Digital Archives” addressed his use of Quick View Plus and Access Data FTK […]
SAA 2011
It’s that time of year again– Society of American Archivist’s annual conference, held this year in Chicago, Illinois. I’ll be blogging session summaries while I’m there- Wednesday August 24- Saturday August 27th. Here is a list of sessions I plan to attend: Women’s Collections Roundtable: WCRT hosts a panel discussing women’s collections, diversity, and activism […]
Lessons Learned One Month into My First Grown-up Job
I’ve been in my new job for a month now and I’ve already learned a lot, so here are some of the lessons I’ve learned: 1. Listen a lot. I often have the urge to interrupt a colleague and try to finish his or her thought to prove how much I know or understand about […]
So you ended up in Digi Jail? Now What?
So, You Ended up in Digi Jail: Now What?
How I Landed my Dream Job
I wrote an earlier post titled “There are NO Jobs out There” and received a very thoughtful comment that led me to realize the tone of my post suggested that the reason people struggle to find jobs is that they’re lazy or stupid. I apologize for that impression. It wasn’t my intention. I just landed […]
Vintage Valentines at Mount Holyoke College
This past week I had the opportunity to learn about Esther Howland, an 1847 Mount Holyoke College alumna, who is credited with starting the American Valentine card industry. The Mount Holyoke College Archives & Special Collections, where I’m working as the Digital Collections intern, has a large Valentine collection, including 3 created by Howland. As […]
Podcamp Western Massachusetts- Implementing Social Media
Yesterday I attended Podcamp Western Massachusetts held at Westfield State University. Podcamps began to pop up about 6 years ago when social media gurus Chris Brogan and Chris Penn decided to hold an “un-conference” to learn about podcasts, the word “pod” stuck and evolved into “podcamp” which has now come to represent an un-conference, where […]
The Classic Archives Debate Rears its Ugly Head
This past week I participated in the classic archives debate… Rectifying best practice with what is possible in a real archive. Background: My department is interested in including already digitized from analog audio files in our digital collection. These audio files were digitized three years ago according to best practice and the standards of the […]