THE DIGITAL ARCHIVING OF THE AERI 2013 WEBSITE: A GROUP PROJECT

NICOLE FELDMAN, LAUREN GAYLORD, AMYE MCCARTHER, JIM RIZKALLA

What is AERI?

OUR ARCHIVING APPROACH

• Website• Widgets and Outlinks• Supporting Documentation

Virtualization

Component Files

<<Externally Hosted Content>>

Supporting Documents

Supporting Documents 2

Metadata harvesting

Setbacks & Solutions• Write-blocker cable not available.• New Zealand Metadata Harvester not opening. • New Zealand XML not compatible with Dspace.

• Manually compiling metadata. • Preparing file directory for ingest.

Zip It!Retaining Order as Received

• Removing sensitive materials.• Documenting which folders were removed.

• Zipping contributor file directories to retain structure.

• Manually ingesting zipped files.

Our Trials and Travails

• Cognitive apprehension of the notion of an invisible repository

• Defining the scope (e.g. emails)• Resource availability and access• Scheduling and time constraints• Gathering materials from creators• Technical difficulties

Conclusions

• Work collaboratively with IT staff at your institution. Do not be afraid to ask questions!

• Articulate a scalable and clearly defined archival strategy at the onset of your project, but be

flexible and open to improvisation.