Purpose and approach
With around 20,000 dossiers in the proposal’s archive baseline, processing the entire collection is a long-term undertaking. H-SEARCH focuses on a carefully chosen subset to develop and test a method that can continue beyond the project.
Tasks & planned deliverables
Month numbers are relative to the proposed project start. They do not indicate confirmed completion dates.
Task 1.1 · Months 1–12
Establish selection and evaluation criteria
Develop a protocol that considers the heritage value of the object, scientific value of the data, research demand, completeness and representation of the institute’s activities. Applying the protocol to real dossiers will help refine it.
Task lead: Véronique Van der Stede
Planned deliverables
- D.1.1.1Draft selection and evaluation protocolMonth 6
- D.1.1.2Selection and evaluation protocolMonth 12
Task 1.2 · Months 7–15
Compile the evaluation dossier set
Select closed intervention dossiers for the digital archive and repository. The set should cover paper, hybrid and digital-born records and provide practical feedback to the selection protocol.
Task lead: Julie Mauro
Planned deliverables
- D.1.2.1List of dossiers for evaluating the archival proceduresMonth 15
How this work connects
The selected dossiers feed both WP.2 and WP.3. Testing those workflows in turn helps improve the selection protocol.