[Archivesspace_small_archives_users_group] [EXTERNAL] Introducing myself

Wed Aug 11 16:19:49 EDT 2021

Yay! This feels so cozy!
I'm happy to meet everyone so far and suddenly have a lot I want to talk
about.

Vic-- I haven't touched rapid data entry since my previous job and it
didn't have barcodes at all (but we do here!)  It seems pretty rudimentary,
but cut and paste from a spreadsheet?  But no-- you want to batch that.
https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/wiki/search?text=batch%20upload  -I did
a small search on the ASpace wiki for batch upload... don't know if that
helps.

Susan--
I think I emailed you off listserv a few times. You showed us in links how
to display a very tidy click for a PDF vs. the less preferred "digital
object" - can you talk more about what you were hoping to do and what you
were hoping to avoid?

Susan, are you importing content from Sierra (or your ILS if not Sierra?)

We have a significant number of items that live on Digital Commonwealth
that I want to populate in our ASpace instance I have done a few test runs,
so let me show you. I definitely need to watch more tutorials because I
feel like I'm not optimizing well. Critique and pointers to "this tutorial
tells you how to do that" or similar, very welcome.
Example: Here's a list of our resources
<https://brookline.libraryhost.com/repositories/resources> in the public
interface.
"Decoration Day" in ASpace
<https://brookline.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/5>.
"Decoration Day" in Digital Commonwealth
<https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:r781xd11v>.
Not loving how buried the link to the digital object is. I think I don't
know how to Digital Object yet. ;)

Thanks all-
Jess

On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 2:04 PM Vic C Jones <vjones3 at muw.edu> wrote:

> Hello all!
>
>
>
> I am Vic Jones the Archives and Special Collections Librarian at
> Mississippi University for Women. We just got started with ArchivesSpace
> last month, so I am very, very new to it. I have had some experience with
> ArchivesSpace beforehand but nothing like what I am doing now. I also agree
> with some of the other sentiments about feeling lost with the main server.
> I hope that this one will be a bit more beginner friendly!
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>
>
> Currently, all of our finding aids and materials are in various documents
> and spreadsheets. My latest project has been figuring out a way to batch
> upload all the information that I need. I am also happy to pose the group’s
> first(ish) question!
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> I have gone back and fourth with spreadsheet uploads and Rapid Data Entry,
> but I have been struggling to find a way to batch upload child barcodes.
> Any suggestions?
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> I am looking forward to working with you all and learning ASpace together!
> One we’ll be the pros in the main server!
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>
> Best,
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>
> *Vic Jones*
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> Archives and Special Collections Librarian
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> Assistant Professor
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> Mississippi University for Women
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> 1100 College Street | MUW 1625
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> Columbus, MS 39701
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> 662-241-7601 | she/her/hers
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> https://www.muw.edu/library/archives
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> <https://www.facebook.com/MUWArchives>[image: instagram-icon_16x16]
> <https://www.instagram.com/muwarchives/>
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> *From:*
> archivesspace_small_archives_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <
> archivesspace_small_archives_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> *On
> Behalf Of *Susan Aprill
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 11, 2021 11:48 AM
> *To:* Archivesspace Small Archives Users Group <
> archivesspace_small_archives_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Archivesspace_small_archives_users_group] [EXTERNAL]
> Introducing myself
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> [image: susan-aprill-archivist.jpg]
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> Hi Jess, June and any other small archive archivists!
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> I'm Susan Aprill, Archivist for the Kingston Public Library.  I've had
> ASpace for a while and am slowly moving/revising/correcting/adding data and
> figuring out how to do things. I've managed to avoid IT issues by using
> libraryhost.com, which I've found to be a very hospitable host. I've
> gotten through some proof of concept experiments, both successful and not
> so much; my next steps are customizing the public interface, uploading via
> spreadsheet, compiling workflows in a manual, and publicizing the site
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> My little instance is here <https://kpl.libraryhost.com/>. I was worried
> about the "wall of things to do" too, and about looking half-baked or
> ill-informed on the internet. I just crossed my fingers and jumped in with the
> patron saint of Kingston history, Emily Fuller Drew
> <https://kplma.org/emilyDance.htm>.  Material by and about her went
> into  accessions, resources, agents, digital objects, archival objects, and
> links to single items, Digital Commonwealth, and to the Omeka site where
> images and text files live.
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>
>
> Here's the search results for the Emily material
> <https://kpl.libraryhost.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&op%5B%5D=&q%5B%5D=%22emily+drew&limit=&field%5B%5D=&from_year%5B%5D=&to_year%5B%5D=&commit=Search> I've
> published. I think she would have loved it! There's a lot that's not
> public, of course. I'm slowly making my way through issues like how to do
> this <https://kpl.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/digital_objects/30> to
> avoid this <https://kpl.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/digital_objects/23>.
> It's messy and fun, and it's  measurable progress and a good foundation for
> adding more and more and more...
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>
>
> It's good to meet you both, and I hope more of us join in.
>
> Yours,
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> Susan
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> Susan Aprill, Archivist
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> Local History Collections at the Adams
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> Kingston Public Library <http://kingstonpubliclibrary.org>
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> 6 Green Street, Kingston MA 02364
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> 781-831-6277
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> On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 11:04 AM June L Power <june.power at uncp.edu> wrote:
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> Hi Jess! I’m June.
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> [image: A person smiling for the camera Description automatically
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> We’ve been using ASpace now for a little over a year and I still feel like
> a novice. We went through implementation sans a systems person, and just me
> trying to work things out with our IT folks. I read the list avidly trying
> to learn more, but I still am rather clueless about most of the technical
> side. It has been so helpful though, as I inherited an archive where
> nothing was inventoried and no finding aids existed at all, so I get the
> benefit of starting with a rather blank slate for my backlog. Good luck
> with your implementation.
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> _____________________________________________
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> *   June Power*
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>      June L. Power
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>      Director of Special Collections and Archives
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>      Livermore Library
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> 1 University Drive  I  P.O. Box 1510  I  Pembroke, NC 28372
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> *From:*
> archivesspace_small_archives_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <
> archivesspace_small_archives_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> *On
> Behalf Of *Jessica Steytler
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 11, 2021 10:52 AM
> *To:* archivesspace_small_archives_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org
> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] [Archivesspace_small_archives_users_group]
> Introducing myself
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> Hi small institutions!
>
> I'm Jess
>
> I am an archivist who's mostly doing reference library work in a public
> setting, and the "lone arranger" of my department, but with at least some
> assistance. I get to be the project manager for implementing ArchivesSpace.
> We are going from the library's book-centric ILS/catalog, and whatever word
> documents or excel sheets or possibly access databases I can find that hold
> archive inventories/finding aids.
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> I have experience using ArchivesSpace from previous jobs, and even helped
> implement, but key word in this is "helped"- not run.
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> I'm grateful for the pairing program that ASpace does (Hi, Kate!) but I
> want to take a more active role, and all the conversations I've seen I
> don't really understand yet because I'm so close to the beginning. I wanted
> to say hi and see who else was in this space.
>
>
>
> I am working on formulating my question to the greater group but right now
> I am mostly in the stare blankly at the wall of things I'm supposed to know
> how to do that I don't know how to do. Would love to hear from more folks
> here in listserv land who need to work up the courage to ask questions.
>
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> Best wishes, warmest regards-
>
>
> --
> Jessica Steytler  (she/her)
> Reference - Special Collections
> Public Library of Brookline
> 361 Washington St.
> Brookline, MA 02445
> jasteytler at minlib.net
> http://brooklinelibrary.org
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-- 
Jessica Steytler  (*she/her)*
Reference - Special Collections
Public Library of Brookline
361 Washington St.
Brookline, MA 02445
jasteytler at minlib.net
http://brooklinelibrary.org
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