https://trello.com/ Reviewed by Becky Briggs Becker, Editor-at-large [PDF Full Text] Trello is a web-based application that archivists can use to visually organize and prioritize projects. Originally created by Fog Creek Software in 2011, Trello struck out as its own company in 2014 and was later sold to Australian software company Atlassian in 2017.[1][2] Trello fits within … Continue reading Trello
Category: Technologies
The Prague Spring Archive
http://scalar.usc.edu/works/prague-spring-archive/index Reviewed by Nora Dolliver, Archives Assistant, Special Collections Research Center, University of Michigan Library [PDF Full Text] In early 1968, Communist Party leader Alexander Dubček introduced a series of liberalizing reforms in Czechoslovakia under the slogan of “socialism with a human face.”[1] In August that same year, the countries of the Warsaw Pact, led by … Continue reading The Prague Spring Archive
Photogrammar
http://photogrammar.yale.edu Reviewed by Anna-Sophia Zingarelli-Sweet, Cataloging and Metadata Specialist, The California State University, Northridge [PDF Full Text] Photogrammar is an innovative online project that allows users to explore approximately 170,000 photographs created by the United States Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information (FSA-OWI) between 1935 and 1945, now housed at the Library of Congress. … Continue reading Photogrammar
DuraCloud
http://duracloud.org/ Reviewed by Blake E. Relle, Louisiana Secretary of State/Louisiana State Archives [PDF Full Text] DuraCloud is an open source platform used to store and manage digital content in the cloud through a single dashboard.[1] DuraSpace, a not-for-profit organization that provides services to facilitate the long-term accessibility of digital collections, hosts and manages the platform. … Continue reading DuraCloud
AVCC
Originally posted on 2016-07-27 https://www.avpreserve.com/tools/avcc/ Reviewed by Allyson Smally, Colgate University [PDF Full Text] Many archivists today are faced with large, uncatalogued collections of audiovisual material. While most of us are aware that we must take action to prevent these collections from being lost forever, it can be difficult to know where to begin, especially … Continue reading AVCC
Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS)
Originally posted on 2016-02-16 http://www.oralhistoryonline.org Reviewed by Erin Lawrimore, University of North Carolina at Greensboro [PDF Full Text] In 2014, the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky Libraries made its Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS) system available to the public. This open source, web-based system "provides users with word-level … Continue reading Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS)
ArchivesSpace
Originally posted on 2015-06-10 Reviewed by Chad Conrady, CA Archivist at the Minnesota Military Museum [PDF Full Text] When I was hired as the Minnesota Military Museum’s first professional archivist, I needed to provide better access to records as they were processed. The museum became an ArchivesSpace member in November 2013, and I started using … Continue reading ArchivesSpace
Evernote
Originally posted on 2015-03-20 https://evernote.com/ Reviewed by Eira Tansey, University of Cincinnati [PDF Full Text] Evernote is an application intended to help people capture ideas and organize them for a wide variety of uses. Evernote’s website describes the program as helping people “write, collect, find, and present” their work,[1] and is one of the most … Continue reading Evernote
Archivematica
Originally posted on 2015-03-02 http://www.archivematica.org, Accessed December 14, 2014 Reviewed by Brad Houston, CA, University Records Archivist, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee [PDF Full Text] As the importance of long-term preservation of born-digital and digitized records grows, so too does the need for systems to manage those records in a standardized fashion. Archivematica, an OAIS-compliant, open source … Continue reading Archivematica
The Internet Archive Companion
Originally posted on 2014-12-15 Reviewed by Leslie Wagner, The University of Texas at Arlington [PDF Full Text] Developed by Hunter Lee Brown as a free app for the iPad, iPhone, and iTouch, the Internet Archive Companion 3.0 is licensed under Creative Commons.[1] The Internet Archive Companion, also known as the IA Companion, or IA, as … Continue reading The Internet Archive Companion
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