Considering transition to a new system of digital asset management, public access, or collections curation? Archivists representing a diverse group of institutions discuss project planning, methodology, and intellectual and technological considerations used during implementation of ArchivesSpace (from the Archivists' Toolkit and from scratch!), Archivematica, Hydra/Fedora, and Islandora, Zendesk, and Oral History Metadata Synchronizer. Presenters address legacy metadata migration, transition from homegrown tools, the challenge of big projects with small staffs, and successful workflows.
Lead Archivist for Collections Management, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Olga supervises archival processing and provides collection management oversight for a diverse range of collections. Her professional interests include archival description, privacy and ethics. Olga holds a MLIS from the Southern Connecticut State University and an MA from the University... Read More →
Assistant University Archivist for Technical Services, Princeton University
Alexis Antracoli is Assistant University Archivist for Technical Services at Princeton University where she leads the Archival Description and Processing Team. Alexis serves as Chair of SAA's Web Archiving Section and on the Finance Committee.
Julia Corrin is the university archivist at Carnegie Mellon University. She received her MSI from the University of Michigan in 2012. She formerly held the position of Political Collections Archivist at Arkansas State University.
Patrick graduated from the University of Michigan's School of Information in 2013 and is a Digital Archivist at the Rockefeller Archive Center. Patrick is the RAC's metadata wrangler, ArchivesSpace super user and all-around data massager.
Archivist for Public Services, Drexel University College of Medicine
Matt Herbison is the Reference & Outreach Archivist at the Legacy Center of Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia (archives.drexelmed.edu). Previously, he was the Archives and Library Director at Independence Seaport Museum in Philly, and a Research Associate in the... Read More →
Archivist and librarian, University of California-Riverside
Robin M. Katz is an archivist, librarian, and educator who connects people to primary sources in meaningful ways. She holds a BA from Brandeis University and an MLIS from Kent State University and is a full, career-status librarian at the University of California, Riverside. She served... Read More →
University Archivist, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University Archivist, but probably best known for my corgis Franny and Jasper. I'm most interested in outreach/public awareness, oral history, and instruction.
Head of Preservation and Reformatting, University of Houston Libraries
Bethany is the Head of Preservation & Reformatting and Product Owner of the Libraries' open-source digital access and preservation ecosystem. She is currently researching how to assess and improve the Libraries' carbon footprint, particularly for its digital and computing infrastructure... Read More →
