When Archives Have Artifacts: From Inventory to Cataloging at the Associated Press Corporate Archives |
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| Authors: | Sarit Hand |
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| Institution: | 1. Digital Archivist, The Associated Press, New York, NY, USA;2. shand700@gmail.com |
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| Abstract: | AbstractThe Associated Press Corporate Archives, located at its New York City headquarters, is the repository for the organization’s permanently valuable records, regardless of format. One important component of the holdings is a collection of 275 artifacts, spanning the years 1892 to 2017, which document the history of The Associated Press’s news technology and tell the stories of its staffers. This paper describes the project to catalog, describe and secure the artifact collection and to facilitate discovery for staff and outside researchers. It examines the process from preliminary spreadsheet to a complete cataloging initiative and the creation of digital images of each item. |
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| Keywords: | Artifacts ArchivesSpace cataloging metadata digital preservation |
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