User studies and ArchiveGrid
Two of my favorite things, tied together: access to archival information, and user studies. All documented here in this RLG Focus article by Arnold Arcolio on our user testing for …
Read MoreMonth: April 2006
Digital Library Federation meeting, some highlights
[warning! long!] Before I got distracted, I was going to update you on some of my travels and activities. I’ll start with the Digital Library Federation Forum in Austin, Texas …
Read MoreEducause podcast with Merrilee
Following my presentation on web archiving at CNI (more about that in a subsequent posting!), I was interviewed by Matt Pasiewicz from Educause. The interview covers web archiving, ArchiveGrid, and …
Read MoreA walk down memory lane
[Originally posted April 18th, 2006 — the last in our recently republished series. A special thanks to Roy Tennant for locating this!] I just received this email: 100 years ago …
Read MoreYour assets – here to stay?
Those amongst you who read this blog regularly know that I’ve been thinking a fair bit about digital asset management in museums lately – witness my posts here and here. …
Read MoreBack in the saddle again
[Originally posted April 17th, 2006 — No 2 in our recently republished series] Okay, it’s been a while. I haven’t been avoiding you, I’ve just been super busy. I’m going …
Read MoreWelcome, musematic.net!
[Originally posted 04/17/2004 – No 1 in our “re-live the moment” series.] I’ve oracled about it before, and now it’s finally here: the joint Museum Computer Network (MCN) and AAM …
Read MoreThe dog ate my blog
LIShost had some problems, and consequently, HangingTogether lost some posts (fortunately, we’re not missing in action altogether — thanks Blake!). I was able to grab some of the missing posts …
Read MoreCalling All Angels -ArchiveGrid.org needs you
Hi. My name is Anne and I’m addicted to access to archives. I have had this passion since the first time I started to work in an archive processing a …
Read MoreCollection Description for bugs and butterflies
In a previous post, I hinted at the collaborative work I’m engaged in with a number of natural history institutions. Our working group ominously titled itself RAVNS or Resources Available …
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