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WHEN ARCHIVES HAVE ARTIFACTS: 250+ OBJECTS/100+ YEARS OF AP HISTORY DESCRIBE THAT! SARIT S. HAND, DIGITAL ARCHIVIST FRANCESCA PITARO, ARCHIVIST ASSOCIATED PRESS CORPORATE ARCHIVES ASSOCIATED PRESS August 27, 2018 1 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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WHEN ARCHIVES HAVE ARTIFACTS:

250+ OBJECTS/100+ YEARS OF AP HISTORY DESCRIBE THAT!

SARIT S. HAND, DIGITAL ARCHIVIST FRANCESCA PITARO, ARCHIVIST ASSOCIATED PRESS CORPORATE ARCHIVES

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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THE CORPORATE ARCHIVES

4,000 linear feet of paper records 800 Volume-reference library 250+ Artifacts 214 Oral Histories 10 Terabytes of digital collections 3 Archivists 2 Locations

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THE SCOPE

Over 250 objects
No comprehensive listing
Artifacts inconsistently

catalogued

Bulk of the collection to be

housed off-site

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MANY WERE ON DISPLAY AND/OR NOT HOUSED FOR MOVING

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THIS IS WHERE WE STARTED

– Unique identifier not just a title to facilitate the inventory – Title – Dimensions – Date – Subject heading (LC and Local) – Description – Accession Numbers

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE...

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WE’RE GOING OFF-SITE!

– Photo Shoots – Focus on housing/labelling – Adding location information

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TAKING THE NEXT STEP: FROM SPREADSHEET TO ARCHIVESSPACE

– Clean up the data – Align the Dublin Core elements to ASpace fields – Enter data into ASpace – Who has the time?

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INTERNS ARE GREAT!

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PUBLIC INTERFACE

Format based collections Individual Records

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WHERE WE STAND

– Complete inventory – Discoverable through ArchivesSpace – Accessible visually and physically

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NEXT STEP: SYNCING ASPACE WITH PRESERVICA

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THANK YOU

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