Setting up Archon

After a long time of excitement, I have officially been tasked with setting up an implementation of Archon for North Park University. I thought it would be helpful to create a brief working guide to setting up this system and what sort of data cleaning needed to be done.

1. Create a repository for each collection.
2. Look at Extent Units Manager, Level/Container Manager, Material Types and confirm that all are appropriate for the North Park Collections.
3. Create and maintain creator records and import the basic level of biography and history.
4. Create and upload a CSV for each of the different collections with basic information for the broad collection.
5. Create and upload a CSV for the content of each of the collections. Loosely apply a controlled vocabulary as well as adopt naming conventions at the point of upload..
6. Preserve all of these files for easy import

And I’ve identified these as the next steps

1. Choose and apply subject heading analysis using Library of Congress Subject Headings.
2. Work with electronic resources librarian for custom CSS and styling.
3. Controlling vocabulary for the container lists.

I’m really excited to get started on this project and will be sure to keep the blog updated on my progress!