Technical Information


Inventory Value Lists

Update 5/18/11!

Thanks to Stephanie at CPB, we’ve been able to whittle down the inventory form value lists so that only applicable choices are available. more >

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Adding users to your organization

Each organization on this site can have multiple authorized users. To add more people to your organization, log in to the site and click on your organization name under “My Account.” This brings you to your organization’s page. On your … more >

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Kick-Start Webinar Available

We had close to 100 people attend the Kick-Start Webinar last Thursday, February 24th. For those of you who missed it or would like to consult the archive — the full recording and slides are available here: http://wgbh1.na4.acrobat.com/p10957676/ Let us … more >

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Instructions for batch uploads

Some organizations have started doing batch uploads of their existing electronic records. After WGBH processes them (which should take less than two weeks), these records will appear in the organization’s “Inventory” section of the website. Once ingested, you can continue … more >

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Tech Weeknotes (12/3)

Li and I had a busy week revisiting both the user interface and underlying technical architecture. In preparation for writing a project update, I’ve been working with Courtney on some internal reporting tools. With help from staff at CPB, we … more >

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Technology Development for the CIP

The American Archive Content Inventory Project web site serves as a project management center and information resource, and also as a workspace for organizations contributing or conducting their inventories. Given the quick pace of the project, we are building the … more >

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Tech weeknotes (11/12)

This week, Li and I put some finishing touches on this round of the “Mapping Public Media Content” feature. The data from the collection survey automatically populates our Google Maps implementation, which allows visitors to see the growth in the … more >

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Tech weeknotes (10/29)

In addition to upload inventory data into the CIP, we’re taking this opportunity to help push organizations to look at the latest revision to the PBCore public broadcasting metadata standard. So, although participants will be giving us data in any … more >

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