pchan3@stanford.edu's blog

On April 22, I conducted a 2-hour workshop on "Using FTK Imager and AccessData FTK to Capture and Process Born Digital Materials.” The purpose of the workshop was to give staff a hands-on experience in using FTK Imager and AccessData FTK. Eight colleagues from the Stanford University Libraries attended the workshop – primarily from Special Collections and University Archives and the Humanities and Social Sciences Group.

The workshop covered the following:

FTK Imager – how to:
1. Download and install the software (free software - http://accessdata.com/support/adownloads).

Jeremy Leighton John, Principal Investigator and Project Manager for Digital Lives, mentioned "Site Photography, Video Walks and Interview" as part of the Enhanced Curation for Personal Digital Archives in the PDA 2011 Conference. I think we should follow in his footsteps of capturing images of the creative space of the donor as part of our practice in collecting personal archives.