1. PDA is a good thing: Embracing collaboration to address the personal digital archive needs of a contemporary artist Sam Meister University of Montana Society of American Archivists Research Forum 2014 August 12, 2014

2. background

3. Setting: dinner party in Los Angeles circa 2010 Artist: So what do you do? Me: I’m an Archivist Artist: Really?! I need some help with my archive!

4. research questions

5. What are the personal digital recordkeeping / archives needs of a contemporary artist? What does a functional personal digital recordkeeping system for a contemporary artist look like?

6. Why a contemporary artist?

11. previous work

12. Cathy Marshall

13. “benign neglect”

15. Digital Lives Project

16. Adrian Cunningham

17. Studio Archives: Voices of Living Artists, Their Assistants, and Archivists Heather Gendron, Sloane Art Library, UNC Chapel Hill & Eumie Imm-Stroukoff, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

18. methodology

19. Case Study

21. Action Research

22. Records Continuum Model

24. current activities

25. Creative Process Maps

27. future

28. Identify records and value Develop system requirements Identify / test tools Implement system Assess Modify / Refine

29. Thanks! sam.meister@mso.umt.edu @samalanmeister