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Society of American Archivists

Research Forum

Anne SauerTufts University

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August 13, 2013

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Introducing LiAM

http://go.tufts.edu/liam

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LiAMWorking

Group

Greg Colati, University of ConnecticutKaren Gracy, Kent State UniversityCorey Harper, New York UniversityMichelle Light, University of Nevada, Las VegasSusan Pyzynski, Houghton Library, Harvard UniversityAaron Rubinstein, University of Massachusetts, AmherstEd Summers, Library of CongressKen Thibodeau, NARA (ret.), NISTKathy Wisser, Simmons College GSLIS

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Whence LiAM?

OAI-ORE

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A Whole New

Landscape

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Old Tools in a New World: The Finding Aid

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Finding Aid Strengths

Hierarchy

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Finding Aid Strengths

Archivist Expertise

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Working Group

Meeting

December 2012

Day 1: Understandi

ng Challenges

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Step One: Use Cases

Identify challenges

Describe needs

Real-world examples

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Linking Across

Repositories:

Robert Frost

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Documenting an Event

Love Canal

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One Person, Many Roles

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Documenting a Course

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Documenting Underdocumente

dCommunities

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Make Connections

Find Balance

Leverage Existing

Description

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Working Group

Meeting

December 2012

Day 2:What can

we do?

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GoalsAddress varied audiences

Describe landscape

Ground in real world examples

Focus on graduated approaches

Identify gaps/needs

Flexible format

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Linked Archival

Metadata: A

Guidebook

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Guidebook Outline 1. Executive Summary

2. Introduction

3. Linked Data for Archives: a Primer

4. Linked Data Today

5. Getting Started: Strategies and Steps

6. On Your Way: Next Steps

7. Looking Ahead: Advanced Tools and Visualizations

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Guidebook Timeline

Consultant Hired

Early Draft October 2013

Community comments/revisions

Final Draft: March 31, 2014

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Challenges

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Technology

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Linked Data requires

consistency

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In a world where

everything is special …

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StandardsStandardsStandards

Not “sort of”Not

“sometimes”Not “except”

Standards, period.

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Data Cleanup

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From Challenges to Opportunities

LiAM Open Meeting

Aug. 14, 1pm, Ascot Room

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Xu ChengDigital Collections and Archives reading room

Tufts University2008

Thank you!

LiAMhttp://go.tufts.edu/liam

anne.sauer@tufts.eduhttp://dca.tufts.edu/