Archives 2.0 on a micro scale Amanda Hill Hillbraith Ltd.

What I’ll be covering Context Activities Measuring use Assessing impact

Context

Activities

Measuring use

Assessing impact

Deseronto Archives Total annual budget : $11,000 (£6,000) Staff: 1 part-time archivist (0.2 FTE) Open 6 hours per week (Wednesdays)

Total annual budget : $11,000 (£6,000)

Staff: 1 part-time archivist (0.2 FTE)

Open 6 hours per week (Wednesdays)

Deseronto

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deserontoarchives/3062243312/ Part of c.1895 plan of Deseronto

West docks, c.1900 RATHCO-06-12.5

Main Street, 1890s RATHCO-08-02

World War I CAMPM-06-13

Deseronto Archives Small town History-rich Cash-poor

I.T. Town website (no access for updating by archives staff) Archives’ PC attached to Deseronto Public Library’s network & Internet Network drive, backed up No email account for Archives

Town website (no access for updating by archives staff)

Archives’ PC attached to Deseronto Public Library’s network & Internet

Network drive, backed up

No email account for Archives

Archives 2.0 progress… Sep 2007:Gmail & Google Calendar account for Archives Oct 2007: Blog set up Jan 2008: Flickr account opened Jul 2008: Moved to ‘Pro’ Flickr account Jan 2009: Began tweeting $47.99 (£26)

Sep 2007:Gmail & Google Calendar account for Archives

Oct 2007: Blog set up

Jan 2008: Flickr account opened

Jul 2008: Moved to ‘Pro’ Flickr account

Jan 2009: Began tweeting

Using Twitter

Measuring Archives 2.0 activity Basic measures Blog: 27 posts, 7 comments Flickr (pro): 362 items, 8,271 views, 15 comments, 4 favourites, 1 note Twitter: 48 updates, 15 followers

Basic measures

Blog: 27 posts, 7 comments

Flickr (pro): 362 items, 8,271 views, 15 comments, 4 favourites, 1 note

Twitter: 48 updates, 15 followers

Blog statistics

Traffic sources

Flickr Pro statistics

Impact of Archives 2.0 activity Useful comments Direct contact and collaboration with users New accessions (virtual, digital and actual)

Useful comments

Direct contact and collaboration with users

New accessions (virtual, digital and actual)

Flickr comments

Flickr notes

User-generated notes

Virtual collections

Virtual collections

New digital materials WWI Royal Flying Corps camps Camp Mohawk images on Flickr and blog Email from son of one of the flight instructors at Camp Mohawk, mentioning a photograph album

WWI Royal Flying Corps camps

Camp Mohawk images on Flickr and blog

Email from son of one of the flight instructors at Camp Mohawk, mentioning a photograph album

A spur for creativity… http://dcist.com/2009/03/photo_of_the_day_march_9_2009.php

Search engines

Impact of Twitter? Early days

Early days

Confession…

Flickr calendar view

Impact = effort Archives 2.0 technologies great for: raising profile of repository/collections having unforeseen and positive outcomes for collection new relationships and collaborations with users BUT one of those outcomes might well be extra work for archives staff

Archives 2.0 technologies great for:

raising profile of repository/collections

having unforeseen and positive outcomes

for collection

new relationships and collaborations with users

BUT one of those outcomes might well be extra work for archives staff

Archives 2.0 consequences Creation and maintenance of Archives 2.0 presence(s) New conversations with users New content (may be held outside the archive) Finding a personal institutional voice