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Engineering the Future of the Past shares information on what the MIT Institute Archives is doing about acquiring and managing born-digital and digitized collections.
Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist [smithkr [at] mit.edu] is the primary Blog author.Links
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Documenting Process Flow
As we are working on developing our digital archives capacities we have been testing, evaluating, and trying out processes for managing digital archival material. Towards this end we have documented and created templates for acquisition, submission and archival processing tasks. … Continue reading →
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Tagged documentation, template, working draft
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Defining the Role of Digital Archivist
Recently, I was asked to present at the MIT Libraries all-staff meeting on the topic, “Defining the Role of Digital Archivist.” It was a great opportunity to share with colleagues examples of what we have accomplished during the past year … Continue reading →
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Tagged digital archives, MIT, presentation, role
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January IAP Sessions at MIT Libraries
During the month of January at MIT there are several IAP (Independent Activities Period) sessions that Institute Archives staff are presenting, which are related to digital archives. We list them here for any MIT affiliate who may be interested in … Continue reading →
