Automating a Digital Special Collections Workflow Through Iterative Development

摘要

A recent trend in archival practice stresses developing flexible and efficient procedures in order to work through physical backlogs of inaccessible collections. An emerging approach to the digitization of archival and manuscript materials calls for a focus on getting materials online in the aggregate. Both emphasize new workflows in order to make large amounts of resources available for research. Through quick, iterative, and targeted development, we have started to create procedures that will allow us to scale up our digitization production and enable greater access.