Digital archives and local history
I am contributing to an initiative based on creating a digital archive in my native valley in Trentino.
I have shared in detail some of the considerations that determined the choice of the platform used to host the digital archive, as well as the structure used for the metadata ( available in Italian).
In the process, I have contributed to the digital ecosystem we rely on in this context:
- I have contributed to the quality of OpenStreetMap in the villages of our valley
- I have significantly contributed to the translation in Italian of Omeka S, the open source platform used to host the digital archive;
- I have translated into Italian Tropy, a free and open-source desktop knowledge organization application that helps users manage and describe photographs of research materials.
A few minor updates in our most recent release, 1.5.4, and one major cool new ability: Tropy now exists in Italian thanks to the hard work of @giocomai!
— Tropy (@tropy) August 28, 2019
Giorgio Comai
Researcher, data analyst
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Building a digital archive for the preservation of local memories (with Omeka S), at the intersection of public history and digital history
This post outlines some of the practicalities and the many choices involved in setting up a digital archive for the preservation of the memories and lived experiences of residents of a community in the Alps (Valle dei Laghi, Trentino, Italy). Parts of this post will be particularly relevant to readers interested in the specific platform we are using for our archive (Omeka S), but most of it should be of some interest to anybody considering setting up a digital archive, in particular those doing so outside of established archival institutions.