Delivering hybrid oral histories using limited time and resources

Cyndi SheinLightning Session 608Society of American Archivists 2013 Image by William Warby

Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980

Largely sponsored by the GettyOver 60 cultural institutions across Southern California

Interviews with key artists, filmmakers, curators, and collectors

Hybrid: print and born-digital content Intellectually integrated (regardless of format) Described together at series-level in MARC and EAD records

EAD Finding Aid

Finding aid series description

Collection-level MARC record

Series-level MARC record

Checklist

Transfer to server

Verify integrity of transfers

Transform digital copies for access

Ingest access copies into digital repository

Create descriptive metadata and access points

Automate tasks

Manage files at accession level

Time?

Automate tasks

Manage files at accession level

Manage and describe files at accession level

Automate tasks

Modify file names one by oneto conform to local protocols

by the batch

As received Access copy

.doc .docx .xls .xlsx .pdf

.cda .wav .mp3

.movVIDEO_TS (.vob, .ifo, .bup)

.mp4

.png .tif .jpg n/a

VIDEO_TS (.vob, .ifo, .bup)

headache

mp4

Title Accession . . . Creator Collection

Digital object (dc/mets)

Digital object viewer

Limited time and resources?

Describe & deliver content in aggregate

Automate actions using free tools

Ideal? No

Sufficient? Time will tell…

CShein@getty.edu

Cyndi SheinAssistant ArchivistGetty Institutional Records and Archives