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
Richard Pryor’s Peoria
Originally posted on 2016-04-27 http://www.becomingrichardpryor.com Reviewed by Emily Vinson, University of Houston [PDF Full Text] Created by Scott Saul, in collaboration with The Spatial History Project at Stanford University[1] and the University of California, Berkeley’s D-Lab,[2] Richard Pryor’s Peoria (RPP) serves as the digital companion to Saul’s biography Becoming Richard Pryor.[3] Building on the extensive … Continue reading Richard Pryor’s Peoria
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)
EADiva.com
Originally posted on 2016-01-16 http://eadiva.com/ Reviewed by Alexis A. Antracoli, Assistant University Archivist for Technical Services, Princeton University, Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library [PDF Full Text] The EADiva.com website is an online Encoded Archival Description (EAD) resource created and maintained by Ruth Kitchin Tillman, Metadata Librarian at NASA Goddard (Cadence Group). Tillman created the site when … Continue reading EADiva.com
Histories of the National Mall
Originally posted on 2015-12-09 http://mallhistory.org/ Reviewed by Michael Karabinos, PhD graduate from Leiden University (the Netherlands) in Archival Science [PDF Full Text] Reviewing Histories of the National Mall, a project of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University using their Omeka open-source platform, must be done from the point … Continue reading Histories of the National Mall
A Tale of Two Plantations
Originally posted on 2015-09-15 http://twoplantations.com/, accessed March 9, 2015 Reviewed by April P Akins, Lander University [PDF Full Text] A Tale of Two Plantations (ATTP) is based on research tying Sugar and Slaves: The Rise of the Planter Class in the English West Indies, 1624–1713 by Dr. Richard S. Dunn, together with his more recent … Continue reading A Tale of Two Plantations
Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran
Originally posted on 2015-07-09 http://www.qajarwomen.org, accessed February 16, 2015. Reviewed by Sean McConnell, Archivist, Rosenberg Library [PDF Full Text] Digitization gives archivists the opportunity to showcase rare and oftentimes overlooked collections and provides researchers access at the click of a button. Such unprecedented access is proving to be a boon for historians, students, and those … Continue reading Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran
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
Bexar Archives Online
Originally posted on 2015-04-20 http://www.cah.utexas.edu/projects/bexar/index.php, Accessed October 24, 2014. Reviewed by Rosemary K. J. Davis, Samuel French Collection Processing Archivist Archives and Special Collections, Frost Library, Amherst College [PDF Full Text] The Bexar Archives Online is a digital archive that collects historical documents pertaining to the Spanish and Mexican cultures existing in Texas from 1717–1805. … Continue reading Bexar Archives Online
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
