Practical Digital Forensics at Accession for Born-Digital Institutional Records in Code4Lib Journal, Issue 31 Archivists have developed a consensus that forensic disk imaging is the easiest and most effective way to preserve the authenticity and integrity of born-digital materials.... 2016 January
Python for Archivists: Breaking Down Barriers Between Systems in Practical Technology for Archives, No. 7 (2017) Working with a multitude of digital tools is now a core part of an archivist’s skillset. We work with collection management systems, digital asset management... 2015 January
XQuery for Archivists: Understanding EAD Finding Aids as Data in Practical Technology for Archives, No. 3 (2014) XML has long been an important tool for archivists. The addition of XQuery provides a simple and easy-to-learn tool to extract, transform, and manipulate the... 2014 November
Nicholson Baker Would Like Us to Be Angry Unpublished paper I wrote in graduate school for a preservation class. It argues that Nicholson Baker's criticism of microfilming newspapers is muddled in misunderstanding and... 2013 March
Is EAD A Red Herring?: The Path to Innovative Online Archival Information Systems Unpublished paper I wrote in graduate school on online finding aids. I'm really proud of half of it and cringe at the rest. Like I... 2012 December