Computational Archival Science

Exploring the conjunction of emerging computational methods with big data and archival practice.

Research Projects

Additive Manufacturing Digital Curation and Data Management

Principal Investigator(s): Richard Marciano

Investigator(s): J.C. Zhao (Materials Science & Engineering)

Exploring digital curation, data management, data mining, and the development of a digital asset management system for Additive Manufacturing (AM)

Research Areas: Computational Archival Science, Data Science, Analytics, and Visualization

Piloting an Online National Collaborative Network for Integrating Computational Thinking into Library and Archival Education and Practice

Principal Investigator(s): Richard Marciano

Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services

Piloting an online national collaborative network of educators and practitioners to enable the sharing and dissemination of computational case studies and lesson plans through an open source, cloud-based interactive platform based on Jupyter Notebooks.

Research Areas: Computational Archival Science, Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning, and Information Retrieval, Data Science, Analytics, and Visualization, Information Justice, Human Rights, and Technology Ethics, Library and Information Science

Developing a Digital Asset Management System for the Archival Holdings of the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site

Principal Investigator(s): Richard Marciano

Funder: USDOI National Park Service

Creating a cutting-edge Digital Asset Management System with the National Park Service (NPS) to preserve and manage the digital assets of the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site.

Research Areas: Computational Archival Science, Digital Humanities, Information Justice, Human Rights, and Technology Ethics

Staff

Greg Jansen

Students

Sydney Triola