TY - JOUR
T1 - Setting the stage and keeping sane
T2 - Implementing archivesspace at the University of Minnesota
AU - Calahan, Lisa
AU - Dietrick, Kate
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - As the University of Minnesota’s Archives and Special Collections began the daunting task of migrating into ArchivesSpace over 5,000 finding aids from fifteen different units, a clearly defined workflow provided clarity and success. This article outlines how staff developed an implementation timeline and workflow, harnessed support from partners in IT, provided training, and what the benchmarks to success were. By sharing this welldocumented and thought-out implementation workflow, it can provide guidance as others try to navigate themanymoving parts of implementing new collection management technology.
AB - As the University of Minnesota’s Archives and Special Collections began the daunting task of migrating into ArchivesSpace over 5,000 finding aids from fifteen different units, a clearly defined workflow provided clarity and success. This article outlines how staff developed an implementation timeline and workflow, harnessed support from partners in IT, provided training, and what the benchmarks to success were. By sharing this welldocumented and thought-out implementation workflow, it can provide guidance as others try to navigate themanymoving parts of implementing new collection management technology.
KW - Archival description
KW - Archival management systems
KW - ArchivesSpace
KW - EAD
KW - Encoded archival description
KW - Online finding aids
KW - University of Minnesota
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U2 - 10.1080/15332748.2018.1443502
DO - 10.1080/15332748.2018.1443502
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85044538506
SN - 1533-2748
VL - 13
SP - 114
EP - 126
JO - Journal of Archival Organization
JF - Journal of Archival Organization
IS - 3-4
ER -