2018-05-09 Meeting notes

Owned by Christine Kim
Last updated: May 23, 2018

Date

Attendees

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Action items
5-10 minReview action items

5 minBoston recap
  • Some learning lessons from Boston
    • embed more of a chance to get to know each other
    • meaningful one-on-one conversations

15-20 minProgram details (below)

Program: Lightning Round

Program: Discussions
  • Break-out sessions on the day of?


Program: Speakers
  • Laurel McPhee / UCSD – workflows for importing container lists, handle workflow
    • (ASpace will be doing a webinar on ead imports)
    • transforming excel into ead, and importing
    • import CSV
    • container management
    • location management
    • digital objects
    • public interface
    • so many basic categories
    • assessments
  • aspace integrated with aeon – perhaps a speaker? – on some case studies that they're aware of?
  • running their instances, hosted instance, or doing one of each
  • trying to help each other out
  • breaking up into groups? how do folks find each other?
  • user perspectives in terms of – folks in the region who aren't trained archivists. interested in their own using aspace, or blended
  • hacks
  • interpretive uses of ASpace?
  • ASpace may have been designed for certain things, but how have people interpreted its use?
  • workshop in yosemite – folks from museums, corporate archives, broad range of people – each have different needs – all asking if they were to use a certain tool, how it can be modified for them?
  • ASpace becomes a tool for understanding what we have in our collections
    • As a curator? Narrative perspective of a curator's description. Has the expertise, subject knowledge
    • UCLA is working on workflows for this, and training curators to enter description
  • implementation of aspace, new uses people have folded in, where people are now, different repositories handle repositories differently. moving to accessions and resources right away, but want to be thoughtful about how to fold in more things.
    • maybe have different module options??
  • way people are using assessments
  • importing ead, and testing how that would help archivists at ucla
  • finding aid into data


Afternoon program
  • Digital objects in ASpace?
  • Staff interface is going through changes
  • more workshops vs speakers
  • An update on the SIEWG project 
  • Get in touch with Nancy?

Happy hour / mixer


Lunch on your own?
  • Plenary style:
    • Laurel McPhee?
    • Bergis and Eric are using ASpace to help track and collecting special media
    • OAC – redesign, rescoping? With ASpace workflows in mind?
  • CK reach out to Adrian Turner and Laurel McPhee

Registration form
  • Elvia/Krystal will look for an image
  • Parking info needs to be added to registration
  • Add afternoon programming info
5 minWorking group timeline
5 minNext meeting
  • every other week
  • next meeting: May 23 at 1-2pm?