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.