SP25 CST 462S: Digital Archive OrganizationAt — Big Sur Land Trust (BSLT)

Founded in 1978, Big Sur Land Trust has a legacy of land conservation throughout Monterey County. Over the past 47 years, our land conservation work has been documented in newspaper articles, magazines, press releases, and more. Much of this print material was collected. Over the past few years, two Big Sur Land Trust archive volunteers have undertaken the task of (1) summarizing each article, and (2) scanning the articles, to convert from physical to digital. These efforts are being united in a reference manager software (Papers), to produce a searchable, annotated digital archive. 

The service learners would assit in the next step: Once digital files are imported into the archive, they require some ‘clean-up’, e.g., addition of the corresponding summary to the notes field, entry of the title, date, authors, publication type, etc.. For this task, we would enjoy the support of self-motivated and detail-oriented service learners with a passion for history and the importance of archival work. 

Must know Papers app or similar app to learn it quickly.

This opportunity is reserved for students enrolled in CST 462S.