May 2018 Update We are excited to share exciting community updates, including updates on regional forums and the upcoming 4th annual Member Forum. New stories are up on the blog, and we have another great webinar coming up in June! Read on for more news! Development The ArchivesSpace team is pleased to announce a release … Read More
Month: May 2018
ASpace Member Forum – Update on site!
Thank you for patiently holding on by the edges of your seats as we finalized the site for our fourth annual Member Forum! Please join us on August 14, 2018 at the Josephine Butler Parks Center in Washington, DC. Washington Parks & People is the capital’s hub for activating public lands & waters for broad … Read More
User Insights: Organizing an ArchivesSpace Training for Smaller Institutions
Contributed by: Adrienne Harling, Archivist, San Francisco Symphony As ArchivesSpace is now the industry standard for Archival collection management and finding aid generation, organizations of all sizes are looking to adopt it. To do this successfully, it is ideal to get in-person training as well as membership access to the wealth of self-help instructional materials … Read More
All About Community: Technical Documentation sub-team
Contributed by: Scott Hanrath, Assistant Dean for Digital Initiatives and Discovery Services, University of Kansas Libraries The Technical Documentation sub-team of the ArchivesSpace Technical Advisory Council (TAC) seeks to make sure that the technical documentation for ArchivesSpace meets the needs of the community. The technical documentation is intended to help developers and IT staff install, … Read More
Call for ArchivesSpace 4th Annual Member Forum speakers & topics
ArchivesSpace will be holding its fourth annual Member Forum on August 14, 2018 at the Josephine Butler Parks Center in Washington, DC. Just as in previous years, this will be a free opportunity for staff from ArchivesSpace member institutions to meet and share information with each other and the program team about all things ArchivesSpace. … Read More
SoCal Regional Forum — registration is now open!
Join us for the ArchivesSpace Regional Forum in Southern California! The regional forums are opportunities for our diverse ArchivesSpace members to meet up more locally to share and learn from each other through workshops, focused discussion sessions, and presentations. Registration is now open! DETAILS Location: UC Irvine, Student Center Date: June 28, 2018 (Thursday) Time: 9am – 5pm … Read More
Recording and slides from The Evolution of the Finding Aid webinar
Thanks to all who joined us for the The Evolution of the Finding Aid: From Document to Data webinar on May 16. Special thanks to our presenter Valerie Addonizio (Johns Hopkins University). Resources from the webinar are now available: Link to the recording: https://youtu.be/_IVW1Gs6Tms Slides from the presentation Feel free to contact the ArchivesSpace program team (ArchivesSpaceHome@lyrasis.org) … Read More
Open Members Call on Zoom! May 24, 2-3pm ET (11-noon PT)
Please join us for our next community Zoom call on Thursday, May 24 at 2-3pm ET (11-noon PT). This is an opportunity to hear updates from each other and encourage group discussion. You will be able to join by either computer or phone. This is a space to surface news, ideas, and challenges. This might … Read More
SoCal Regional Forum – lightning round proposals
The SoCal Regional Forum Working Group is seeking proposals for a lightning round of presentations, to be delivered at the ArchivesSpace SoCal Regional Forum at UC Irvine on June 28, 2018. The presentations will be capped at 5 minutes and topics can be on anything related to your work using, developing, implementing, or actively contributing … Read More
Webinar Announcement: The Evolution of the Finding Aid: From Document to Data
The Evolution of the Finding Aid: From Document to Data When: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PT) Where: Webinar at http://lyrasis.adobeconnect.com/r9a9jsf5r3g5/ Dial-in only option: 888-354-0094 — Access code is 731627 No registration required. The session is limited to the first 100 participants. Please feel … Read More