For many ArchivesSpace implementers, the Capstone workshop is the final one: it’s the chance to review the content from the other workshops, add a few more skills, and to address any points that may be fuzzy for you or your institution.

Recording of Capstone Workshop, November 2018 (Video)

Instructors

• Zachariah Selley
• Conor Casey

Preparation

Before attending the workshop, please do the following:

• Return to the preparatory work and homework that you did for the previous workshops:
  • Implementation Choices
  • Accessions, Agents, & Subjects
  • Resource Records and Linking
• If there was any preparatory work or homework that you didn’t get to to complete, now’s the time!
• Review the instructions and ground rules, and ensure that you are joining from your own computer and have both a microphone and headphones. The workshop is not a broadcast; it is a discussion.

Preparatory Assignment

After revisiting your preparatory and homework assignments above, particularly the implementation plan that you prepared for the Implementation Choices workshop, and your experiences using AS so far. Then, write a reflection:

• What might you change about your implementation plan?
• What is as you expected it to be?
• Most important: What are you confused about and need more instruction or support? We will customize the workshop accordingly, so please express your needs!
• What do you want ArchivesSpace to do that it doesn’t do, or that you haven’t been able to make it do?

Send the reflection to your instructors before the workshop. It form the basis for 20-30 minutes of discussion in the workshop.

Homework

Read the following documentation:

• AS Exports

Working in the College of the Pines AS instance with a resource record you completed in the predecessor workshops, export as EAD. Using your institution’s login for the Archives West utility site, and run your exported file through the AS2AW script. Then, run the resulting file through the AW compliance checker.

If you are unfamiliar with any aspects of the AW utility site, please refer to the EAD documentation and training.

Send a note to your instructors by about your experience. Your instructors will give you written feedback.

Last, please fill out this short evaluation so we can continue to refine and improve this workshop.