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Digital Archiving Practicum 2023 Winter Term

This practicum was designed to introduce students to the theory and best practices behind the digital archiving of a cultural materials collection. Over the course of the class students were introduced to different two- and three-dimensional digitizing technologies, how to create archival object records and their associated metadata, and how to preserve, conserve, and exhibit (digitally and virtually) a cultural materials collection.

Participants:

Ruby Denneen '23, Alan Fischer '25, Marina Hepler '26, Lynn Kusmin '23, Luke McCann '26, Mimi Montefiore '25, Emily Vaughan '24, and Evangeline White '24

Instructors:

Heath Calvin Patten, Visual Resources Curator, College Archives

Chris Flaharty, Associate Professor of Theater & Costume Designer

Erik Steggall, Managing Director for Theater, Dance, and Opera

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Digital Archiving Practicum 2024 Winter Term

Celebrating its second year as an Oberlin College Winter Term project, the Digital Archiving Practicum was designed to introduce students to the theory and best practices behind the digital archiving of a cultural materials collection. Throughout the class students were introduced to different two- and three-dimensional digitizing technologies, how to create archival object records and their associated metadata, and how to preserve, conserve, and exhibit (digitally and virtually) a cultural materials collection.