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
Category: Technologies
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
Archive-It
Originally posted on 2014-09-18 http://www.archive-it.org Reviewed by Jillian M. Slater, Librarian/Archivist, University of Dayton Libraries [PDF Full Text] Launched by the Internet Archive in 2006, Archive-It is a subscription-based web archiving service that allows organizations to collect and preserve their digital content. According to the Learn More page on their website, Archive-It currently serves over … Continue reading Archive-It
Today’s Document
Originally posted on 2014-07-03 http://www.archives.gov/social-media/todays-doc-app.html Reviewed by Mary N.S. Richardson, Divinity Library, Yale University [PDF Full Text] Today’s Document a free mobile app surrogate for the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration's website of the same name. The website features a different document for every day of the year and allows the user to see … Continue reading Today’s Document
Stacklife
Originally posted on 2014-06-14 https://stacklife-dpla.law.harvard.edu/#, Accessed on April 8, 2014 Reviewed by Natalie Morath CA, Archivist, General Motors Design Archive & Special Collections, Allied Vaughn Media Services [PDF Full Text] StackLife is a browsing interface prototype created by the Harvard Library Innovation Lab in order to visualize a library collection’s bibliographic and circulation data. The … Continue reading Stacklife
Serendip-o-matic
Originally posted on 2014-04-01 http://www.serendipomatic.org Reviewed by Erin Lawrimore, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro [PDF Full Text] Developed as part of the One Week | One Tool open-source software development institute during the summer of 2013, Serendip-o-matic is billed as a “serendipity engine.”[1] A user inputs text (anything from lecture notes to song … Continue reading Serendip-o-matic
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