2016 in Review: Highlights of the Archivation Line that Could

We're so proud of what we accomplished in 2016! Below are a few highlights.


The University Archives switched gears from digitizing print photographs to digitizing our 14,000+ 4” x 5” black and white negatives that were found to be suffering from vinegar syndrome. Read all about the continuing saga here: http://thearchivationline.blogspot.com/2016/03/release-mccrackenaka-vinegar-syndrome.html

Members on both sides of the Archivation Line presented at the 2016 Library Technology Conference at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. 

• Anne Stenzel and Daardi Sizemore presented with ARCH vendor PALS and other PALS institutions in Be a Digital Survivor: Digitize, Share and Preserve: http://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/lib_services_fac_pubs/55/
• Mee Xiong and Daardi Sizemore presented on the 2015 oral history project SKOL Vikings! Training Camp Oral History Project: http://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/lib_services_fac_pubs/56/
• Heidi Southworth, Jamie Dalbey, and Anne Stenzel presented on the Archives and Preservation Unit’s digital preservation plan in DigiVengers: Digital Preservation in Progress: http://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/lib_services_fac_pubs/53/ 

A screenshot from the DigiVengers short video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeCPW4HWDK4

Many new and interesting collections were added in the University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center. Read about a few of them here: http://thearchivationline.blogspot.com/2016/07/new-collections-july-2016.html. 


The Collective Works of Lloyd Burgess Sharp: Pioneer of the Outdoor Education Movement in the United States by Dr. Julie A. Carlson was published in Cornerstone, the University’s institutional repository.  Dr. Lloyd Burgess Sharp, pre-eminent pioneer of outdoor education, was a prolific writer, speechmaker, poet, interviewee, radio guest, and tenacious advocate of outdoor education. This edited volume contains dozens of his publications and transcripts from his many speaking appearances. These works span the years throughout his career, from the completion of his doctoral dissertation in 1929 through to his unexpected passing in 1963. The Collective Works eBook is intended to be an on-going project, and therefore its inception year of 2016 is only the beginning. It is hoped that readers will continue to revisit and enjoy the project to learn more about the many contributions of L.B. Sharp over time.  To view the eBook, visit http://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/books-carlson-sharp.

Mee Xiong is an Archives Technician at Minnesota State University, Mankato.