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The Roger Conatser Aerial Photographs Collection

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

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The Roger Conatser Aerial Photographs Collection

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  1. The Roger Conatser Aerial Photographs Collection Bethany C. Fiechter, Archivist for Manuscript and Digital Collections Amanda A. Hurford, Metadata and Digital Collections Developer

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Digital Arrangement • Digital files • Securing space • File transfer • Creating unique identifiers

  5. Description: Using Access • Collaborative workflow • Brief records created in Access database exported to MADI

  6. Description: Using Archivists` Toolkit • Archival record created in Archivists’ Toolkit

  7. Description: Using CONTENTdm

  8. MetadataRecords • Establish fields • Populate data • Maintain vocabularies

  9. Quality Control/Project Tracking

  10. Preservation • External hard drives • Long-term storage • Online/near-line storage space • Access for patron requests

  11. Promotion • Web 2.0 tools • Facebook, Flickr and Blogger • Class instruction • “Teaching archives” • Library Insider newsletter • Outreach programs

  12. Contact Us! Bethany C. Fiechter: BCFiechter@bsu.edu Amanda A. Hurford: AAHurford@bsu.edu Digital Media Repository: http://libx.bsu.edu/ Roger Conatser Collection TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3ogbcbe

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