For our experiment in Digital Curation, we chose to test which of the file types responded the most dramatically to a minimal levels of "shooting" and "corruption". We used the programme "shotGun.exe" to corrupt various file types including text files, image files and audio files. To do this we allocated each of us four or … Continue reading Let’s Wreck All the Files!
The Knox Family Collection.
As part of my MA in information management & preservation at Glasgow University, it requires us to take part in a 2-week work placement. The aim of the placement is to catalogue part of an archival collection. For this, I was sent to The Ballast Trust, a repository for family business archives which have been … Continue reading The Knox Family Collection.
Exposition at the WYHC
Is exposition just for museums? This post looks at a few of the methods the West Yorkshire History Centre use to promote their collections.
Curtains Up! Cataloguing Theatre Papers at the WYHC
Recently I spent two weeks at the West Yorkshire History Centre, a fantastic archive in Wakefield, England.
Falkirk Council Archives: Cataloguing the Records of the Soroptimist International of Falkirk
Set within the beautiful grounds of Callendar House and Park, I have recently completed my cataloguing placement at Falkirk Council Archives, run by Falkirk Community Trust. This was a two week placement which forms part of my course requirements in our Description, Cataloguing and Navigation classes. The house itself dates from the 14th century, set … Continue reading Falkirk Council Archives: Cataloguing the Records of the Soroptimist International of Falkirk
How to do a grand jeté in an archive
The answer is don't - any part of your body could hit anything. Cataloguing video cassettes is something more sensible to do, and so it is what this blogpost is about.
Sounds at Strathclyde
I quickly discovered that a USB stick can contain as many treasures as a box of old documents!
Imps in the archive 