Special Collections & Archives Interest Group

Purpose

The purpose of the Special Collections and Archives Interest Group is to provide a vehicle with which to discuss and disseminate issues and developments pertinent to special collections and archives in Ohio academic libraries.

Goals & Objectives

• To provide opportunities for networking with colleagues with similar interests.
• To provide an opportunity for professional service and development within the state for special collections librarians.
• To encourage discussion of topics relevant to academic special collections and archives.
• To increase visibility of special collections and archival materials across the Ohio academic community.
• To hold an annual meeting to discuss business for the upcoming year.
• To hold an annual workshop to exchange ideas or techniques on issues or developments relevant to the special collections and archives field.
• To encourage and sponsor more conference sessions, presentations, and panel discussions about topics related to special collections and archives.

Membership

Any member of ALAO who is interested in archives and special collections topics.

Listserv

SCAig maintains a Google Group as a discussion forum on topics of interest to Ohio's academic special collections and archives community.  Anyone may join the group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/alao-scaig.  All are welcome; you do not need to be a SCAig member to participate.

Past Events

SCAig 2018 Meeting and Workshop: Description is People!: Sharing Descriptive Practices

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Morning Meeting

Thompson Library, The Ohio State University Libraries

• Membership meeting
• Lightning round presentations
• Presenters:
• Karmen Beecroft, Digital Projects Librarian, Ohio University Libraries, "Reproducing the Reading Room Experience with Digitized Documents of a Sensitive Nature"
• Suzanne Maggard, Reference/Collections Librarian, University of Cincinnati, "Getting through the Barriers: Moving to ArchivesSpace at UC"
• Russell Schelby, Senior Systems Consultant, Applications Development & Support, The Ohio State University Libraries, "Archival Description from the IT Side"
• Nicholas Ver Steegh, Metadata Technologies Librarian, Ohio University Libraries, "Another Core: Applying VRA Core to the Barnett Hook Postcards"
• Collection tours

Using descriptive and technical standards for your finding aids will makes access to your collection better now, and into the future! Standards-compliant description can more easily migrate between systems and be shared in an increasingly linked open data environment.  Participants learned:

• Key requirements for creating finding aids following Describing Archives: A Content Standard, Second Edition (DACS)
• Importance of standards-based description in modern discovery environments, including leveraging Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
• Project management strategies for clean-up projects to bring legacy finding aids up to standards

Friday, June 9, 2017, 9:15am-4:30pm at the University of Dayton.

The day included tours of UD’s archives and special collections, lunch, and networking.

This workshop was generously supported by the Midwest Archives Conference Speaker’s Bureau program—we thank MAC for its support of archival education in the Midwest!

The workshop Wakelet, handouts, and slides are available here!

SCAIG Co-Chairs