The AABC Archivist's Toolkit: Automation and Digitization

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Revised January 2011 RH

GENERAL RESOURCES (online)

Reference list, part 1 \ Reference list, part 2
Storytelling in the 21st Century and Beyond: Preserving Digital Records for the Ages. Presentation to the BCMA conference by Lara Wilson, Kelly Stewart and Rosaleen Hill, Victoria, BC, November 20, 2008 (Archives Association of British Columbia, 2008)

Database Tutorials (Archives Society of Alberta, 2004)

Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation & Access, First Ed. Maxine K. Sitts, ed. (Northeast Document Conservation Center, 2000)

Introduction to Imaging  Howard Besser (Getty Research Institute, 2003)

Chip Monks at the Gate: The Impact of Technology on Archives, Libraries and the User Hugh A. Taylor, 1991 Republished: AABC Newsletter, Vol. 15, No. 4, Fall 2005 (Archives Association of British Columbia, 2005)

DIGITAL REFORMATTING (online)

Scanning and Digitization (NAGARA: National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators, 2010)

CLIR Reports (Council on Library and Information Resources, 2009)

Creating and Managing Digital Content (Canadian Heritage Information Network, 2008)

Digital Output: Inkjet & Laser Printers (or Life and Death in the Digital World) Rosaleen Hill (Delivered at the 2008 AABC Annual Conference)

Archival Community Digitization Program (ACDP) : An Invitation to Archives in BC  Fred Farrell AABC Newsletter, Vol. 17, No. 4, Fall 2007, p.2 (Archives Association of British Columbia, 2007)

Best Practices for Digitization (resource list) (BC History Digitization Program, 2007)

A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections (National Information Standards Organization, 2007)

Shifting Gears: Gearing Up to Get into the Flow Ricky Erway and Jennifer Schaffner (Ohio: Online Computer Library Center, 2007)

Digitization Fundamentals (Online Courses and Best Practices, Canadian Heritage Information Network, 2006)

Digitization and Archives / CCA Preservation Committee (Canadian Council of Archives, 2002)

The NINCH Guide to Good Practice in the Digital Representation and Management of Cultural Heritage Materials (National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage, 2002)

Capture Your Collections: A Guide for Managers Planning and Implementing Digitization Projects (Canadian Heritage Resources Network, 2000)

Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access / Maxine K. Sitts (ed) (Northeast Document Conservation Center, 2000)

Digitization resources (Council of Nova Scotia Archives, 200-)

Digitization resources (Archives Council of Prince Edward Island, 200-)

Digitizing Historical Pictorial Collections for the Internet  Stephen E. Ostrow (Council on Library and Information Resources, 1998)

Selecting Research Collections for Digitalization  Dan Hazen, Jeffrey Horrell and Jan Merrill-Oldham (Council on Library and Information Resources, 1998)

AUTOMATION / DIGITIZATION PROJECTS (online)

Northwood Photographic Fonds Digitization Project  Erica Hernández and Ramona Rose AABC Newsletter, Vol. 17, No. 4, Fall 2007 (Archives Association of British Columbia, 2007)

Collaborative Digitization Program (Colorado: Bibliographical Center for Research - BCR, 2007)

A Perspective on Archival Network Development  Bill Purver AABC Newsletter, Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 2002 (Archives Association of British Columbia, 2002)

Raising CAIN in Alberta Geraldine Harris ASA Newsletter / Volume 21 Number 3, Winter/Spring 2002 (Archives Society of Alberta, 2002)

Pacifica Millennium Project  Trevor May. AABC Newsletter, Vol. 10, No. 3, Summer 2000 (Archives Association of British Columbia, 2000)

SOFTWARE AND DATABASES (online)

Directory of Archival Suppliers: Software (Archives Canada, Canada Archival Information Network, 2010-)

ICA-AtoM
ICA-AtoM (Access to Memory) is free, open-source, web-based archival description software that is based on International Council on Archives (ICA) standards. It is multi-lingual and supports multi-repository collections. See the online user manual for a full description of features.

The ICA-AtoM Project and Technology / Peter Van Garderen (ICA-AtoM Project, 2009)

Andornot Archives Online (add-on for InMagic DbTextworks) (Andornot Consulting Inc., 2009)

Andornot Archives Starter Kit (add-on for Inmagic WebPublisher PRO) (Andornot Consulting Inc., 2009)

Cinemage (ACT Inc.) Example: Cinemage database

Archives Network of Alberta -- Alberta InSight -- Alberta InWork (Archives Society of Alberta, 2008)

DB Text Works and Web Publisher (Inmagic, Inc.)

Eloquent Archives (Eloquent Systems)

  • Example: Eloquent database
  • North Vancouver Archives database
  • (North Vancouver Museum and Archives, 2008)
    Note: from home page, click on "Collections" then "North Vancouver Archives Database"

Microsoft Office Access

FileMaker Pro

Bento

SEE ALSO: Online Finding Aids (samples) and Networks

PUBLICATIONS

(for sources click here)

"The Effect of the Web on Archives" / Sylvain Senécal (Archivaria 59, The Association of Canadian Archivists, 2005)

Digitizing Collections: Strategic Issues for the Information Manager (FACET, the imprint of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, 2004)

Enhancement of Document Legibility Using Spectroscopic Imaging / E. Michael Attas (Archivaria 57, The Association of Canadian Archivists, 2004)

Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives / Anne R. Kenney and Oya Y. Rieger (Ohio: Online Computer Library Center, Research Libraries Group, 2000)

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