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Deseronto Archives Small town History-rich Cash-poor
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I.T. <ul><li>Town website (no access for updating by archives staff) </li></ul><ul><li>Archives’ PC attached to Deseronto Public Library’s network & Internet </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Network drive, backed up </li></ul></ul><ul><li>No email account for Archives </li></ul>
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Archives 2.0 progress… <ul><li>Sep 2007:Gmail & Google Calendar account for Archives </li></ul><ul><li>Oct 2007: Blog set up </li></ul><ul><li>Jan 2008: Flickr account opened </li></ul><ul><li>Jul 2008: Moved to ‘Pro’ Flickr account </li></ul><ul><li>Jan 2009: Began tweeting </li></ul>$47.99 (£26)
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Impact of Archives 2.0 activity <ul><li>Useful comments </li></ul><ul><li>Direct contact and collaboration with users </li></ul><ul><li>New accessions (virtual, digital and actual) </li></ul>
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New digital materials <ul><li>WWI Royal Flying Corps camps </li></ul><ul><li>Camp Mohawk images on Flickr and blog </li></ul><ul><li>Email from son of one of the flight instructors at Camp Mohawk, mentioning a photograph album </li></ul>
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A spur for creativity… http://dcist.com/2009/03/photo_of_the_day_march_9_2009.php
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Impact = effort <ul><li>Archives 2.0 technologies great for: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>raising profile of repository/collections </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>having unforeseen and positive outcomes </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>for collection </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>new relationships and collaborations with users </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><li>BUT one of those outcomes might well be extra work for archives staff </li></ul>
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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