Presentation

Cultivating Success in Digital Soil: Navigating Open-Source Migrations

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Abstract

This session will discuss system migrations at four institutions: the University of Louisville, the University of Northern Iowa, the Loras College Center for Dubuque History, and Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The presenters’ institutions range from a large public university to a small private college to a large art museum. They all have migrated to the open-source systems ArchivesSpace or Samvera’s Hyku in recent years. In addition to the typical challenges faced during a migration, the presenters all had varying degrees of IT support and back-end technical knowledge. This led them to confront (and continue to confront) their own limitations with archival technology and to reach out to other communities for support. The presenters hope to help and show you that migrations can be successfully completed, even in instances with small staff and minimal resources, and in so doing encourage you in your own efforts to undertake this type of work. The presenters will discuss preparing for the migration, navigating the challenges, implementing the system, tools used, and what they would change about their workflows and processes.

How to Cite:

Wakefield, T., Laver, T., Beck, E. & Pettitt, H., (2024) “Cultivating Success in Digital Soil: Navigating Open-Source Migrations”, MAC Annual Meeting Presentations 2024(1).