Working collaboratively with Records Management Services (RMS) for UW Medicine, we created documents to aid RMS in their SharePoint 2013 adoption and migration initiative. In creating a workflow diagram, resource packet for new clients, and a variety of checklists, we have helped RMS define a streamlined course of action in their content management project. The key to success with any content management project is adoption. We designed compelling and useful resources for clients that will contribute to better adoption rates.

The A.C. Warner Collection was partially processed during the creation of a digital image database. However, because of the project’s limited scope, several aspects of archival collection processing remained incomplete over a decade later. For our project, we collocated duplicate photographs, removed photos outside of the collection’s scope, and incorporated relevant items that had yet to be inventoried. We rehoused materials in archival folders and sleeves, and developed a new organization scheme. Finally, we created a new finding aid using the EAD standard. The result is a better organized collection, paired with an improved finding aid for patron use.

Our Capstone team processed, prepared for accession, and digitized much of CoCA’s remaining and untouched video-audio content. For months, we worked to inventory, catalogue, and preserve digitized content according to CoCA’s finding aid resources and future needs. This content will be preserved internally on CoCA’s private server/cloud storage system. In troubleshooting such uncharted territory, our team researched digital preservation and future best practices for ongoing digitization work. This directly impacted our final written assessment and review on our work, in which we highlighted future suggestions for digital storage/best practices, and digital preservation frameworks for future iSchool CoCA interns.

Using the Historical Children’s Literature Collection at the University of Washington, Special Collections, we aim to shed light on how much can be gleaned from the study of children’s literature of the past. With this project, we have created an online exhibit with teaching tools and research guides to garner more public engagement with this collection. Our goal is to provide access to these items in order to inspire studies, share with others, and encourage future use of UW Special Collections materials.

Fondren Library has a collection of music recitals from the Shepherd School of Music that span from 1973 to the present. The early recordings are in reel-to-reel and cassette tape formats, which puts them at risk for degrading and also makes it difficult for patrons to access them. Fondren Library is digitizing the at-risk recordings and making them available through the IR to preserve them and increase access. As my part, I created a sample set of local name authority records for the performers on the recitals and then created a set of procedures based on my findings.

Founded in 1894, the Mazamas is a Portland-based nonprofit organization, focused on mountaineering education. Mazamas members Edward Curtis, known for his Native American portrait photography, and Asahel Curtis photographed many expeditions. Previously, lack of resources kept those photographs stored away. Our group created an online, searchable exhibit of both the photographs and equipment typical of the era. Through research, assessment, digitization and metadata application, we curated an online exhibit which highlights early Mazamas history. Digitization and increasing public access will generate greater awareness of the Mazamas and promote their mission both locally and on a larger geographical scale.

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) offers free continuing education and training opportunities related to consumer health. Unfortunately, the demands of the modern work environment make it difficult for library staff to dedicate time to these opportunities. This has left many libraries unaware of, or untrained in, numerous free high quality health resources that can be passed on to the public. To address the problem of time, this project reconfigured the information session for the NIH Senior Health Website. The session was transformed into a “microlearning” module, with 6 short video tutorials that have small amounts of content.

Everyday millions of frequent flyer miles expire. Miles have been proven to be a valuable currency - there are endless possibilities when it comes to earning and redeeming. However, most miles expire and the airlines usually won’t notify the customer. MileageTracker manages miles across all airlines in one place. Our solution syncs all of the user’s miles and displays the balances with expiration dates in their online dashboard. The user is able to glance at all of their miles in one place, including information on when they expire. Custom alerts can be set to notify when miles expire by email.

After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey experienced rapid language reformation that shifted written Turkish from an Arabic script to a Latin-based alphabet. Consequently, some texts were transcribed inaccurately or included subjective editorial decisions. These discrepancies are detrimental to the preservation of Ottoman history and culture. Scribe mitigates the faith gap between Arabic and Latin-based Turkish manuscripts by standardizing the transcription workflow. Our solution offers dynamic verification of transcriptions’ integrity by facilitating the comparison of original Ottoman text with Latin Turkish. Scribe maintains the authenticity of primary source texts in order to preserve Ottoman tradition and literature.

The UW has over 1500 hours of historically important audio in the Milo Ryan Phonoarchive. This collection includes archived CBS radio broadcasts, primarily from the World War 2 era. Currently, it is difficult for scholars to identify materials of interest within this collection. Metadata for this collection including titles, broadcast dates, and program titles were transcribed into a printed book. In this project, the book is being converted to a fully searchable digital finding aid using enhanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) techniques to greatly enhance the original scans.