the roger conatser aerial photographs collection

The Roger Conatser Aerial Photographs Collection

Bethany C. Fiechter, Archivist for Manuscript and Digital CollectionsAmanda A. Hurford, Metadata and Digital Collections Developer

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

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

Digital Arrangement

• Digital files— Securing space— File transfer— Creating unique identifiers

Description: Using Access

Images

Title Creator(s) Original Date(s) Description Locations Time

Period(s) Format Color Scheme Digital ID Digital

CollectionCollection ID

Collection Title Item ID Condition Brief

RecordSelected for DMR

Muncie, Indiana Prairie Creek Reservoir and Campground aerial view

Conatser, Roger (Muncie, Ind.)

2005 Muncie; Delaware County; Indiana; United States; North and Central America

2000s (2000-2009); Twenty-first century C. E.

Digital photographs; Photographs

Color images

P014-0208

Roger Conatser Photographs

P.014 Roger Conatser photographs

0208 Excellent 2011-02-07

2011-02-07

• Collaborative workflow— Brief records created in Access database exported to

MADI

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

Description: Using CONTENTdm

MetadataRecords

• Establish fields

• Populate data

• Maintain vocabularies

Quality Control/Project Tracking

Preservation

• External hard drives— Long-term storage

• Online/near-line storage space— Access for patron requests

Promotion• Web 2.0 tools

— Facebook, Flickr and Blogger

• Class instruction— “Teaching archives”

• Library Insider newsletter

• Outreach programs

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