Contributed by: Marcella Huggard, Manuscripts Coordinator, University of Kansas Everything’s Up-to-Date at the Kansas City Regional Forum The Kansas City Regional Forum took place on November 30, 2018 at the Midwest Genealogy Center in Independence, Missouri. Program information is available on the wiki program page. Hosting a regional forum As soon as Christine Kim mentioned … Read More
The Latest from ArchivesSpace and Our Community
ArchivesSpace Update – December 2018
December 2018 Update Thank you all for an incredible year! It’s been a wonderful year full of community activities, developments, and projects. We really appreciate all the community support and energy that goes toward continuously improving ArchivesSpace! Development The ArchivesSpace team is pleased to announce a release candidate, v2.5.2-RC1. You can download it at https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/releases/tag/v2.5.2-RC1 … Read More
Happy Holidays from ArchivesSpace!
Dear ArchivesSpace community, Thank you for your continued support of ArchivesSpace! We really appreciate all you do to shape ArchivesSpace so that we are always growing and learning, both as an application as well as a community. This has been a wonderful year of exciting developments, and we look forward to accomplishing even more together … Read More
Feedback requested: Survey for a *New* ASpace Listserv
We love all the activity on our ASpace Users Group Listserv, but we have received suggestions from a number of you that perhaps it is time to investigate adding a new listserv to our community to reflect the diversity in our concerns and discussions. The Users Group listserv has grown to become an incredible space … Read More
User Insights: All Hands on Deck! ECU’s Arrr-chivesSpace Migration
Contributed by: Kelly Spring, Access Archivist, East Carolina University All Hands on Deck! When dealing with over three thousand accessions, two thousand resources, and a handful of assessment records, it’s good to have a large crew. Checking the accuracy of a mere 20% of that data would require a lone pirate to evaluate at least … Read More
ArchivesSpace Update – November 2018
November 2018 Update We have some staffing updates, and an opportunity for a new person to join the ArchivesSpace team! An updated digital copy of our ArchivesSpace Member Directory was distributed last week, and we are looking forward to the upcoming Kansas City Regional Forum next week! Read on for more news! Development We expect … Read More
Position Announcement: ArchivesSpace Community Engagement Coordinator
We’re seeking the next Community Engagement Coordinator for ArchivesSpace. This position is on the frontlines of the program, working directly with individual users and groups of users. Some of the key responsibilities include organizing online and in person events, managing our communications program, and working with community groups responsible for testing, user documentation and training … Read More
ASpace Kansas City Regional Forum – “Navigating Implementation” session
The ASpace Kansas City Regional Forum is just 3 weeks away! Registration is currently open! We are thrilled to share that during this forum, we plan to offer a session in the afternoon that highlights the diverse phases of ArchivesSpace implementation. During this session, we invite organizations to provide a quick 5 minute overview on … Read More
Christine Kim leaving ArchivesSpace
It is with regret that we announce that Christine Kim will be leaving her position as ArchivesSpace Community Engagement Coordinator at the end of the year to take a position with the California Digital Library. She will be sorely missed by her fellow team members and the ArchivesSpace community. As the inaugural person in this … Read More
New ArchivesSpace role for Lora Woodford!
We are very excited to announce that Lora Woodford will now be the Junior Developer for ArchivesSpace. Most recently Lora served as DevOps Specialist based in LYRASIS’ Digital Technology Services department. In that role, she participated in a range of technical support activities including responding to ArchivesSpace support tickets, contributing code, and supporting DTS hosting … Read More