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The Urley Bird Opens in Word: Digital Documentation of Leon Uris and John
Crowley as Authors
Jennifer LindleySidney Tibbetts Jose Javier Garza
INF 392 K5 May 2007
Leon Uris John Crowley
Creator Sketch
Uris (1924-2003)• American historical novelist
and writer of screenplays; great supporter of Ireland and Israel
• Best known for novels Exodus and Trinity and screenplay of the film Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
• HRC materials include Trinity screenplays and cash disbursement files
Crowley (1942- )• American novelist, teacher
and writer of documentary films; known for combining science fiction, fantasy, and philosophy in his works
• Best known for Little,Big and his Ægypt tetralogy
• HRC materials include Dæmonomania, The Translator, a documentary about China, and correspondence
Physical Description
Uris• 169 boxes• 43 oversize boxes• 6 galley folders• 20 3.5” diskettes
– (108 linear feet)
– Gifts 1997, 2003-4
Crowley• 21 boxes• 1 print box• 9 3.5” diskettes
(9.24 linear feet)
Purchases: 1992, 1994, 2000
Digital Archaeology
Uris• Worked primarily with
Apple Macintosh OS 8.5 and OSX
• Only 3 of 20 disks mounted properly on OS 8.5
• 1 disk was corrupt• Worked with Quinn Stewart
to attempt to open other disks
Crowley• Worked primarily with
Windows 2000 and Windows XP
• All disks mounted and all files readable
File Formats/Migration
Uris• Microsoft Word files
migrated to RTF and TXT using Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac
• Microsoft Works Spreadsheets (AWSS) would not render
• After many attempts, opened and migrated in Microsoft Word
Crowley• Invalid or unidentified file
formats• WordPerfect 9 files opened• Microsoft Word files would
not open on Win 2000• RTF and Unicode copies were
generated in ABC AmberText Converter or WordPerfect 9 or Word 2003
Checksums
Uris• Integrity calculates three
MD5 hashes: file checksum, data fork, resource fork
• Only some files had resource forks
• One file had differing file checksum and data fork hashes
Crowley• Jacksum calculates MD5
hashes through a command line interface
Cataloging & Metadata
Uris• Used CatFinder to generate
file catalog containing technical metadata
• Searched LOC authorities list for subject headings
Crowley• Used WinCatalog Light to
generate file catalog containing technical metadata
• Searched LOC authorities list for subject headings
• Harvested “Date created” metadata by hand
Finding Aids and File Structure
Uris• DSpace arrangement
reflects HRC finding aid
Crowley• DSpace arrangement
reflects HRC finding aid• Added new series to
incorporate Correspondence files
Uris File Structure
Crowley File Structure
Ingest ProcessStep 2 Dspace repositoryStep 1
Ingest 1:Create submission
Enter metadataVerify checksumUpload bitstream
Ingest 2:Create submission
Enter metadataVerify checksumUpload bitstream
Administrator:Verify metdataAdd additional
metadataAccept/reject submission
Archival Package:
Original fileMigrated files
Metadata
Original fileMigrated files
Metadata
Original fileMigrated files
Metadata
Accept/Reject
Administrative Issues
Uris• How much information
should we provide in Dspace regarding the files we know about only from disk labels?
Crowley• How/whether to represent
the letter Æ (ash) in the metadata
• Should finding aids describe intellectual content or physical location?
• Navigation woes of the ‘mære-weriges mod’
The Bigger Picture
Uris• Try before you buy!• Get hardware/software
configurations from the author
• Process digital materials now; they won’t wait
• Even Tech Gurus fail sometimes
Crowley• Discuss metadata
requirements and levels of service before acquisition
• Pray that authors stick to MS Word until we can get this digital archiving business sorted!
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