The Accidental Archivists: Lessons Learned from a Digital Archive Project

Authors

Robert Linz, University of Colorado Law School
Karen Selden, University of Colorado Law SchoolFollow
Georgia Briscoe, University of Colorado Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication

Legal Reference Services Quarterly

Year

2014

Citation Information

Robert Linz, Karen Selden & Georgia Briscoe, The Accidental Archivists: Lessons Learned from a Digital Archive Project, 33 Legal Reference Services Q. 99 (2014), available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2014.869983.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2014.869983

Abstract

This article tells the story of the University of Colorado Law Library’s successful effort to develop its first digital archive. The sudden death of the Law School’s Dean was the catalyst for this project, with a goal to unveil the archive at a memorial symposium scheduled nine months in the future. The Law Library staff had never tackled a project of this type or scale before. This article discusses the technological, cataloging and management issues which were encountered during the project. It also provides advice and tips on how librarians in their own institutions can accomplish such a project.

Comments

The authors' preprint version is available at http://scholar.law.colorado.edu/articles/90/.

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