2 out of 3 responses had previously used Archivematica (Possibly worth a follow-up. Since Archivematica isn't meant for archival description management, they may have convinced themselves that Artefactual didn't offer the right tools without actually testing its ArchivesSpace (AS) equivalent)
1 had used AT so AS was the natural step forward
Jessi listed quotes from respondents are in the Resources section of the wiki (see links to pages above)
No responses from folks that are using AS as a nonmember - but members' impressions are that AS/Lyrasis would work well with non-members
Jessi thinks that ArchivesSpace will be an easier sell as far as ADMS because it seems to have a much wider adoption
Esther: What about migration issues?
For all the folks who used AT - there is a direct migration path (migration scripts) so reaction is varied but net positive
Esther and Paloma
Collection maintenance week, Esther and Paloma re-imagined space management - shifting from word docs to excel with formulas for finding available box space more quickly
Identifying misplaced or mis-shelved collection materials
They are willing to share the new Excel template for the space tracker on the wiki
Amy
HRC has a digital archivist position available
The position used to be part of Archives & Manuscripts but now the position will report to Digital Collections Librarian, Liz Gushee, and digital initiatives
The hiring committee includes Liz Gushee
The position closes in February
The major focus of the HRC strategic plan is to make access (both online and onsite) more research friendly and
Restructuring - less collection-focused and more of a unified body of primary resource materials, albeit in different formats
Starting April 1st, HRC will be open all day on Saturday
Potentially scaling back project positions and creating more full time positions
The Gabriella Garcia Marquez collection project is starting this spring and Daniella will be working on that
The finding aid will be in both English and Spanish
Partnership with the Benson
[Emergent topic of general interest: Cultural heritage as a commodity]
Ece
Trying to get faculty to come to the realization that they can't just dump a project on library technical staff - they have to take ownership of that project
She performs a lot of translation work between technical staff and content experts
Her role is to facilitate relationships between faculty and the libraries to see each other's perspectives in order to build sustainable projects
Primary resources haven't been part of this discussion but controlled vocabularies and metadata have
Building Portal - Global Middle Ages, medieval history portal which has raised questions:
how do you organize the information online
how to do preserve what's created
how do you document complexity
how do you describe scholarly resources created for digital spaces
Ece will have another year to work on the project
Ece will send the link to summary report based on recent digital scholarship survey/also May symposium on digital scholarship in medieval studies
Evelina
Working on huge processing project
Doing an archives presentation for lawyers from all over the country currently in town for a conference
Digitization of the collection is ongoing and Evelina will preview the new site during the presentation
Carla
The Benson will also have restructuring
New Director of the LLILAS/Benson
Jessi
Jessi is working on digital projects for university archives
She wants to coordinate digital projects for classroom use
She wants to improve the online presence of university archives records and projects online
Selection and digitization
Document what the scope of the university archives
Needs to get a list of priorities for things to digitize - looking at research requests for most frequently requested