The blog for the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York.
Written by Jenny Mitcham, Digital Archivist I’ve spent the last three days in Cambridge at AtoM Camp. This was the second ever AtoM Camp, and the first in Europe. A big thanks to St John’s College for hosting it and to Artefactual Systems for putting it on. It really has been an interesting few days, … Continue reading AtoM Camp take aways
Written by Jenny Mitcham, Digital Archivist Last month I asked (and tried to answer) the question How can we preserve our wiki pages? This month I am investigating the slightly more challenging issue of how to preserve native Google Drive files, specifically documents*. Why? At the University of York we work a lot with Google Drive. … Continue reading How can we preserve Google Documents?
Written by Jenny Mitcham, Digital Archivist with photographs courtesy of Paul Shields, University photographer Well, that was a busy week! Yesterday was the last day of Archivematica Camp York – an event organised by Artefactual Systems and hosted here at the University of York. The camp’s intention was to provide a space for anyone interested in or … Continue reading Archivematica Camp York: Some thoughts from the lake
Written by Jenny Mitcham, Digital Archivist This is the third in a series of blog posts celebrating The Retreat Archive and our digitisation project as it nears completion. The Retreat is one of the most important institutions in the care and treatment of mental health patients. Over the last two and half years, staff at … Continue reading Spotlight on the Retreat Archive: Pianos at the Retreat
Written by Jenny Mitcham, Digital Archivist, Borthwick Institute Arranging a tour of the grounds of the Retreat for a morning in January was a bit of a risk. We were truly at the mercy of the elements! We were fortunate however to have picked a day when there was no snow or ice on the … Continue reading Continuity and Change at The Retreat