When: Saturday, May 13th from 10:00am-12:00pm
Where: Dampeer Room at the Case Western Reserve University Kelvin Smith Library, 11055 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106
What: Please join the Cleveland Archival Roundtable for our spring program, a digitization projects panel. Panelists will discuss topics such as choosing and evaluating digitization tools and systems, digitization for internal constituencies, selecting materials for digitization, creating workflows, and providing access to digitized materials. A panel discussion will follow the presentations, bring your questions!
Space is limited. Please RSVP to Susan Hernandez at shernandez@clevelandart.org.
Logistics
We will be meeting in the Dampeer Room on the 2nd floor of the Kelvin Smith Library [colored blue-grey on this map] You must present a photo ID to enter the library. You can find the Kelvin Smith Library on our Interactive Campus map – select KSL from the list and the map will display KSL and surroundings: http://www.case.edu/maps/
Although sometimes free, there is a charge for Garage Parking in the lot under the Kelvin Smith Library on weekends if there is a special event in University Circle; sorry we cannot validate for this. Enter the lot from East Blvd. and follow the signs to enter the library from the garage. Parking is also available in the Cleveland Museum of Art garage off Jeptha Drive if you don’t mind the walk across to Kelvin Smith. On street metered parking is free on weekends but is limited.
Coffee and water will be provided.
Presentation Summaries
Helen Conger, Archivist, Case Western Reserve University
Scanning textual documents—what we’ve done and are doing at CWRU Archives
The presentation will briefly review the scanning techniques used over the last dozen years, decisions regarding scanning specifications, metadata, and workflow for textual documents. The speaker will highlight several projects and how they informed decision-making and the regular review of digitization techniques. The speaker will include a description of equipment used.
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Virginia Dressler, Digital Projects Librarian, Kent State University
Adapting Omeka for Special Collections and Archival content
An overview of how Omeka is currently used at Kent State for digital collections, which will include a summary of recent enhancements to better represent the archival arrangement in a digital environment. This will include discussion of the adaptations to the admin interface and ingestion process, as well as the changes to the user interface.
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Meghan Hays, Local History Librarian, Shaker Heights Public Library
So Many Digital Projects, So Little Time: Prioritization Challenges of a Lone Arranger
As a part-time “lone arranger” with many duties, Meghan will discuss prioritizing digitization projects and cultivating collaboration and partnerships with donors, grant makers, and volunteers.
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Melissa Hubbard, Head of Special Collections and Archives, and Stacie Williams, Team Lead, Digital Learning and Scholarship, Case Western Reserve University
Archives Power to the People: A People’s Archive of Police Violence in Cleveland
During the 2015 SAA conference, a group of archivists connected with Cleveland activists to launch the digital archive A People’s Archive of Police Violence. Since then, the archive has been managed by local activists with ongoing support from professional archivists. As a case study, this presentation will explore the ways that digitization and digital archives skill sets can be used to support community projects that originate outside of traditional institutional contexts.
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Joanne O’Dell, Senior Librarian and Archivist, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Throwback Thursday: Thank you for your memories!
Partnering with the Employee Communications Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the archives posted 8-15 unidentified images to a “Mystery Collection” in CONTENTdm on the first Thursday of each month for 3 months in 2016. Employees were invited to add tags to identify the images; names, dates, and other applicable information.
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