Meeting Minutes for 06/18/2024

Agenda: 

New Business & Updates

• News from the Good Marmot Folk

Dark Matter

• Islandora Upgrade and Migration News
• Accessibility News
• Compound Object Combos: .PDFs & Audio; .PDFs & Video
• Museum-specific platform use and considerations (e.g. Archive Space)
• MUG 2024 

Adam Murray: Marmot's fee restructuring. (Tentative)

Reports & Open Discussion 

• GrassRoots Community Network: Pitkin County Library
• Vail and former president: Town of Vail Public Library 

Notes:     

• Proposal for Islandora migration/upgrade is in hand and pending 
• review. The Board has given approval to the proposal. 
• Pika is largely up and running from an accessibility standpoint.
• .PDFs in the Archive are not generally accessible, so that will need mitigation in the future. 
• Will still need to work on audio/video transcription. 
• Large image viewer also exhibits limitations, but we will wait until the migration is complete or in progress. 
• Pika release notes provide more detail re: Accessibility. 
• Audio + .PDF appear to be the most popular Compound Object Combos. 
• ArchiveSpace is currently being used to manage the archive for end users, and on the backend for archive-processing. Suitable for digital AND physical archive management. 
• ArchiveSpace also permits ingest via .CSV
• Also permits linking to the digital object itself, lists of all collections--even the unprocessed or currently unavailable. 
• From a staff standpoint, it also allows one to create finding aids, regardless of description level. 
• Includes additional description capabilities for physical collections, like housing information. 
• Tracks collection progress through "Events."
• Provides insight into the state of the collections--both at high level, and detailed level. 
• .PDF accessibility standards can be met using the appropriate tool in Adobe Acrobat Pro.