Package and Ship

Packages and ingests digitized material into dig-col storage.

• Bags content with relevant descrptive metadata retrieved via the ArchivesSpace API.
• Places the content in the relevant "collection" level directory in dig-col storage
• Creates digital archival object records and links them to the relevant archival object record. The DAO records hold file versions that point to the content in dig-col storage (via cloudfront).

Structure of Files

Each "object" must be placed in a directory that is titled with the ArchivesSpace refid of that object. Select the root directory in the config file; the script will run over every "ref-id" folder in the root directory.

root_folder/
├── ref_id/
│   ├── audio_file_1.wav
│   ├── audio_file_2.wav
│   └── derivatives/
│       ├── audio_file_1.mp3
│       ├── audio_file_1_caption_eng.vtt
│       ├── audio_file_2.mp3
│       └── audio_file_2_caption_eng.vtt
├── ref_id2/
│   ├── audio_file_1.wav
│   └── derivatives/
│       ├── audio_file_1.mp3
│       └── audio_file_1_caption_eng.vtt
└── ref_id3/
    ├── audio_file_1.wav
    └── derivatives/
        ├── audio_file_1.mp3
        └── audio_file_1_caption_eng.vtt
 

Example bag-info.txt

Ideally, this bag-info file should contain enough information to satisfy DACS Requirements for Single-level Descriptions. At present, the hierarchical nature of our descriptive data and minimally described records pose some challenge related to fulfilling this requirement. Missing data, like creator, languages, and rights information, could be inferred by working up the hierarchy. However, this would likely lead to inaccurate or misrepresented data.

ArchivesSpace-URI: /repositories/2/archival_objects/582952
Bag-Software-Agent: bagit.py v1.8.1 
BagIt-Profile-Identifier: scrc-digitization-profile.json
Bagging-Date: 2025-01-28
Collection-ID: ibt0084
End-Date: 1962-12-31
Origin: digitization
Payload-Oxum: 4695087227.3
Rights-ID: 
Start-Date: 1962-01-01
Title: Congress Speaks at the 19th Convention: Senator McGee