The Espy Project

Building Digital Infrastructure

University Archives

• Collect permanent university records

• Make them accessible

Traditional Practices

• Collecting during office moves, when storage areas get crowded

• Call the University Archivist for information

Establishing a Collecting Program

Establishing a Collecting Program

Establishing a Collecting Program

Establishing a Collecting Program

An Interoperable Repository

• Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)

A Better Model

Makes Access Possible

Repository Supports

• University Records Collecting
• API access to collections like Espy
  • Enables new research
• On-Demand Digitization
• Born-Digital Outside Collecting
  • New York Modern Political Archive
  • National Death Penalty Archive