Meeting Minutes for 08/20/2024

Digital Archive Committee 
August 20, 2024

Agenda: 

New Business & Updates

• News from the Good Marmot Folk
• Change in committee chair
  • New chair will have an important role leading the group through the migration
• Digital Archive fee structure
  • Fee structure changes have been approved
    • Not tiered
  • Fees for contributing libraries will decrease
    • $2850 + $500 for storage
  • Cost of storage will be spread out to all Marmot
  • Hope that these changes will be attractive to libraries hoping to start contributing into the archive 
• Pika configuration training session
  • Ashley’s training portion
  • Committee participation/help promoting collections
• Dark Matter
  • Islandora Upgrade and Migration News
    • Born Digital scheduling
    • Kickoff call with Born Digital 10.02.24
    • Project is projected to take at least 9 months
  • Accessibility News
    • Some more accessibility improvements to come
  • MUG 2024
    • Chris’ section of session
      • Transcription tool demo and discussion
    • Committee presentation section
      • Possible collections for Marmot to share at MUG
        • The Gunnison Valley Journal project might be a fun one to bring up https://gunnisonld.marmot.org/Archive/gunnison%3A3194/Exhibit
      • Noel Kalenian will consider helping if available.
      • 20-ish minutes
• Reports & Open Discussion 
  • Embrace Your Inner Cat Lady! : Mesa County Libraries
  • Genealogy Surveys: Wilkinson Public Library
  • Gunnison Valley Journal: Gunnison County Libraries