Technology & Archives: Exchange Forum

Programmer & Archivist CollaborationSociety of California Archivists

May 9, 2014

Matt Critchlow & Cristela Garcia-SpitzUC San Diego Library

A Brief History….Digital Library

Steering Committee

Digital Library Products

Group

Digital Library Operations

GroupDigital Library Reformatting

Group

Metadata Policy Group

Digital Collections

GroupDigital Library

Development Program&

Research Data Curation Program

Team ApproachDigital Library Products Group• Oversees DAMS development• Consists of 8 members from Digital Library

Development, Research Data Curation, Technology Services & Metadata Services

• Meets bi-weekly

Jul-2012 Oct-2012 Jan-2013 Apr-2013 Jul-2013 Oct-2013 Jan-2014 Apr-2014 Jul-2014

Digital Library Products Group

Data Modeling Group DAMS4 Implementation Team

DAMS4 Usability Group

Collaboration

Documentation

Communication

Feedback

Backlog

Tracking

Sprints

Sprint Report

Sprint Report

Feedback

Pros & Cons

• Closer coordination & improved team work

• Broader communication & participation

• Promotes info sharing across projects

• Distributed decision-making & process overload

• Role ambiguity & occasional role conflict

• Additional costs associated with monitoring, controlling, & coordinating groups

ConsPros

1Ford, Robert C. and W. Alan Randolph. Cross-functional structures: a review and integration of matrix organization and project management. Journal of Management: June, 1992.

Community Interaction

Technical InformationDigital Collections Open-Source Technical References:• Project Hydra: http://projecthydra.org/• Project Blacklight: http://projectblacklight.org/

Digital Collections Communication Platform:• JIRA: https://www.atlassian.com/get-jira• Confluence: https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence

Technical Tools and Services:• Github: http://github.com/ucsdlib/• Stash: https://www.atlassian.com/software/stash• Bamboo: https://www.atlassian.com/software/bamboo

Thanks!

Learn more:• http://libraries.ucsd.edu/about/digital-library/ • http://libraries.ucsd.edu/services/data-curation/

Check out Digital Collections Beta:• http://library.ucsd.edu/dc

Contact Us:• dlp@ucsd.edu