[Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Values for the Archives | creating a prototype database

[Len Hockley]

David,
FYI
Besides the possibility of a batch conversion of analog recordings, it is 
hard to imagine a more straight forward method method of converting than 
playing the audio on a boom box and connecting the earphone out connector 
to a digital recorder like an Olympus WS-300M recorder.  It can then simply 
be loaded into a computer via a USB connection.

Len



At 10:15 AM 5/20/2009 -0600, you wrote:
>On May 19, 2009, at 6:50 PM, Marilyn R Crocker wrote:
>
>>We are wondering, is there a way we (collectively) might be able to
>>identify and fill gaps in the official archives with the gifts of
>>items from our dispersed family archives?  Otherwise we're thinking
>>the whole lot may get chucked given the "down-sizing" time of life
>>we are all entering, or "the dumpster strategy" that our kids would
>>likely choose if they were the ones left "holding the files."
>
>Hello Marilyn and other colleagues.
>
>Walt Epley and I have been custodians of the Paul Evans personal
>archive that Gini Natali passed on to me for temporary care until the
>Global Archives is ready to receive it. We've begun by cataloging
>Paul's audio recording collection and researching what is involved in
>digitizing the audio cassettes. The tool we're using is a Filemaker
>Pro database that we expect to have online by the end of this week.
>(See the attached 'screenshots.')
>
>Though we began experimenting with this prototype before Bill Parker's
>values email arrived, our experiment is in some sense an attempt to
>further the discussion about his three values: preservation,
>accessibility, and flexibility.
>
>As it stands, the structure of this prototype database is more like a
>"participatory archive processing management" tool that addresses the
>question Marilyn raises. We see it as a way to engage a dispersed
>network in the exercise of visualizing and growing the Global Archive.
>
>We began building a prototype with several principles in mind:
>
>1) accommodate the data in the present Global Archive catalog in
>Marge's care
>2) access with a web browser over the Internet with an evolving
>structure and functions
>3) colleagues can catalog their personal archives
>4) colleagues can identify their priorities for processing and
>interpreting particular categories of materials
>5) colleagues can specify particular materials they are seeking for
>current use
>6) colleagues can indicate the arenas of our common memory in which
>they have "subject area" expertise or interest (dispersed archive
>"curatorial teams")
>7) colleagues can link contemporary institutional or programmatic
>examples of their use and impact (ToP, Training Inc, etc., etc.) with
>arenas of our common memory
>8) colleagues processing the Global Archive collection in Chicago can
>update the online catalog and track their activities in real time
>9) ICA staff can track the amount of volunteer time invested in work
>related to the Global Archives
>10) URL links to each of the items that are available in the Repository
>11) an online database visible to the public that can only be added to
>or changed by users with access credentials (secure login and specific
>usage privileges)
>
>When we get the database online, we'll let you know where to find it
>and how to try it out so that you can give us feedback.
>
>David
>
>---
>David Dunn
>dmdunn1 at gmail.com
>
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>
>
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>On May 19, 2009, at 6:50 PM, Marilyn R Crocker wrote:
>
>>We are wondering, is there a way we (collectively) might be able to 
>>identify and fill gaps in the official archives with the gifts of items 
>>from our dispersed family archives?  Otherwise we're thinking the whole 
>>lot may get chucked given the "down-sizing" time of life we are all 
>>entering, or "the dumpster strategy" that our kids would likely choose if 
>>they were the ones left "holding the files."
>
>Hello Marilyn and other colleagues.
>
>Walt Epley and I have been custodians of the Paul Evans personal archive 
>that Gini Natali passed on to me for temporary care until the Global 
>Archives is ready to receive it. We've begun by cataloging Paul's audio 
>recording collection and researching what is involved in digitizing the 
>audio cassettes. The tool we're using is a Filemaker Pro database that we 
>expect to have online by the end of this week. (See the attached 
>'screenshots.')
>
>Though we began experimenting with this prototype before Bill Parker's 
>values email arrived, our experiment is in some sense an attempt to 
>further the discussion about his three values: preservation, 
>accessibility, and flexibility.
>
>As it stands, the structure of this prototype database is more like a 
>"participatory archive processing management" tool that addresses the 
>question Marilyn raises. We see it as a way to engage a dispersed network 
>in the exercise of visualizing and growing the Global Archive.
>
>We began building a prototype with several principles in mind:
>
>1) accommodate the data in the present Global Archive catalog in Marge's care
>2) access with a web browser over the Internet with an evolving structure 
>and functions
>3) colleagues can catalog their personal archives
>4) colleagues can identify their priorities for processing and 
>interpreting particular categories of materials
>5) colleagues can specify particular materials they are seeking for 
>current use
>6) colleagues can indicate the arenas of our common memory in which they 
>have "subject area" expertise or interest (dispersed archive "curatorial 
>teams")
>7) colleagues can link contemporary institutional or programmatic examples 
>of their use and impact (ToP, Training Inc, etc., etc.) with arenas of our 
>common memory
>8) colleagues processing the Global Archive collection in Chicago can 
>update the online catalog and track their activities in real time
>9) ICA staff can track the amount of volunteer time invested in work 
>related to the Global Archives
>10) URL links to each of the items that are available in the Repository
>11) an online database visible to the public that can only be added to or 
>changed by users with access credentials (secure login and specific usage 
>privileges)
>
>When we get the database online, we'll let you know where to find it and 
>how to try it out so that you can give us feedback.
>
>David
>
>---
>David Dunn
><mailto:dmdunn1 at gmail.com>dmdunn1 at gmail.com
>
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