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Archives 2.0: Small Town History in the Digital Age

Explore the transformation of Deseronto Archives into a digital powerhouse with a modest budget, leveraging Archives 2.0 tools like blogs, Flickr, and Twitter. Discover the impacts on engagement, accessions, and collaborations with users. Uncover the challenges and opportunities of integrating new technologies into a history-rich, cash-poor environment.

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Archives 2.0: Small Town History in the Digital Age

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  1. Archives 2.0 on a micro scale Amanda Hill Hillbraith Ltd.

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

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

  4. Deseronto

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

  6. West docks, c.1900 RATHCO-06-12.5

  7. Main Street, 1890s RATHCO-08-02

  8. World War I CAMPM-06-13

  9. Deseronto Archives Small town History-rich Cash-poor

  10. 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

  11. $47.99 (£26) 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

  12. Using Twitter

  13. 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

  14. Blog statistics

  15. Traffic sources

  16. Flickr Pro statistics

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

  18. Flickr comments

  19. Flickr notes

  20. User-generated notes

  21. Virtual collections

  22. Virtual collections

  23. 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

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

  25. Search engines

  26. Impact of Twitter? • Early days

  27. Confession…

  28. Flickr calendar view

  29. 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

  30. Archives 2.0 consequences

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