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Looking forward to participating in the symposium with you....

Catherine

Simon Wilson

I'm Simon Wilson, digital archivist at Hull University Archives as part of the AIMS project.   I have worked at Hull since November 2009 when my main task was to prepare the collections for a move into the new Hull History Centre – - a new award winning building that provides a single point of access for the collections of the Hull City Archives, Hull Local Studies Library and the Hull University Archives.   The building opened in January 2010 and has already welcomed over 52,000 visitors.

Although I have considerable experience of using ICT with cultural content including Project Manager for the the Mersey Gateway digitisation project and and as Collections Manager for Hull Museums Documentation Project participation participation in the AIMS project represents our first steps in born-digital archives. We are looking to install a quarantine PC and are creating the appropriate policy frameworks to move towards accepting born-digital material from any of our depositors. In addition to the AIMS work I am also currently working with colleagues across the UK to integrate the born-digital workflow with the CALM Collection Management System. 

I am looking forward to discussing a wide range of issues with fellow delegates including those who have experience of providing access to born-digital material and those who have tackled email ! 

I am just putting the finishing touches to a wiki for the symposium event and I will send an email about this on Wednesday.

Simon Wilson Wilson
Digital Archivist (AIMS Project) 
Hull History Centre

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