1. The Roger Conatser Aerial Photographs Collection Bethany C. Fiechter, Archivist for Manuscript and Digital Collections Amanda A. Hurford, Metadata and Digital Collections Developer

2. Project Background Archives and Special Collections and Metadata and Digital Initiatives collaboration Acquisition of materials Digitization decisions – Evidential value (documenting historical events, topographical changes) – Research potential – Accessibility – Preservation

3. Archival Arrangement Analog materials (e.g. slides, negatives, and photographs) —Initial processing Acid free folders, sleeves, and boxes —Selection for digitization Organizational scheme for scanning elsewhere

4. Digital Arrangement Digital files —Securing space —File transfer —Creating unique identifiers

5. Description: Using Access Collaborative workflow —Brief records created in Access database exported to MADI

6. Description: Using Archivists` Toolkit Archival record created in Archivists’ Toolkit

7. Description: Using CONTENTdm

8. Metadata Records Establish fields Populate data Maintain vocabularies

9. Quality Control/Project Tracking

10. Preservation External hard drives —Long-term storage Online/near-line storage space —Access for patron requests

11. Promotion Web 2.0 tools —Facebook, Flickr and Blogger Class instruction —“Teaching archives” Library Insider newsletter Outreach programs

12. Contact Us! Bethany C. Fiechter: BCFiechter@bsu.eduBCFiechter@bsu.edu Amanda A. Hurford: AAHurford@bsu.eduAAHurford@bsu.edu Digital Media Repository: http://libx.bsu.edu/http://libx.bsu.edu/ Roger Conatser Collection TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3ogbcbehttp://tinyurl.com/3ogbcbe