Comments on: Starting and Marketing Digital Archives http://newengland2010.thatcamp.org/11/02/starting-and-marketing-digital-archives-2/ The Humanities and Technology Camp Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:22:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 By: THATCamp New England » Blog Archive http://newengland2010.thatcamp.org/11/02/starting-and-marketing-digital-archives-2/#comment-34 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:13:52 +0000 http://thatcampnewengland.org/?p=336#comment-34 […] 3. How to make the researchers share their research notes or be intrinsically associated with the project, like having a blog in our platform. This question seems to fit with the session proposed by Jeri Wieringa, Starting and Marketing Digital Archives. […]

]]> By: Susan Kline http://newengland2010.thatcamp.org/11/02/starting-and-marketing-digital-archives-2/#comment-33 Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:17:56 +0000 http://thatcampnewengland.org/?p=336#comment-33 What I see is a need for collaboration between scholars and archivists. Before taking on any project like the one you suggest, I’d approach the institution with your ideas. Maybe they’ve considered something similar but wasn’t sure how to gauge interest. With lots of ideas and little resources, it’s tricky sometimes to prioritize new initiatives. Also if your department can provide anything in the way of support, funding, etc. offer it.

As an archivist, it’s great if faculty and scholars find our resources, but it’s even better if we can engage with them in projects that go beyond that person’s own particular project and take the resources to a larger audience. Believe me, archivists don’t want to create resources in a vacuum.

]]> By: Kim Petit http://newengland2010.thatcamp.org/11/02/starting-and-marketing-digital-archives-2/#comment-32 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:26:00 +0000 http://thatcampnewengland.org/?p=336#comment-32 There are a lot of sites with archives or database enriched content in humanities that were constructed for a broader audience. But it is not easy to convince people, scholar or teacher, to use the material on those sites.

I have two questions that I would like that session to answer:
1.How to tell people that the sites are out there.
2.How to convince people that the tools and the content of those sites will be helpful for them.

]]> By: Shane Landrum http://newengland2010.thatcamp.org/11/02/starting-and-marketing-digital-archives-2/#comment-31 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:51:30 +0000 http://thatcampnewengland.org/?p=336#comment-31 I’m also very interested in many of these same questions, both for teaching and for making my research available to a wider audience. I think it would be great to hear from some archives professionals about the practicalities of copyright (and related risk-management) when digitally (re)publishing old materials for teaching or research.

I’m planning to put together a proposal for a related topic within the next few days. (The materials I work with are largely in public government archives and either not under copyright or in a copyright gray zone.)

]]> By: Effie Kapsalis http://newengland2010.thatcamp.org/11/02/starting-and-marketing-digital-archives-2/#comment-30 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:43:56 +0000 http://thatcampnewengland.org/?p=336#comment-30 Hi Jeri,

I think these are questions that many people deal with. Some Smithsonian Staff gave a presentation on your second question last week at Museum Computer Network 2010 in Austin. I’ve posted a few of the presentations here – mcn2010.pbworks.com/Building-Communities-of-Interest-with-Museum-Collections%2C-Libraries%2C-and-Archives

I unfortunately can’t make THATCamp NE this year, but I hope it’s inspiring!

Effie

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