Parallel Archive Presentation

An introduction to

WHAT IS PARALLEL ARCHIVE (1) ?

The Parallel Archive is a space where researchers can upload, study and share their scanned archival sources. It facilitates scholarly research, collaboration and a critical approach to documents

ON PA YOU WILL BE ABLE TO UPLOAD AND FIND

- documents of historical value, testimonies of the past- original documents, somehow unique, generally non-published material

EXAMPLES:- official, legal and organizational records and reports- manuscripts, letters, journals- photos, maps, prints, plans- newspaper clippings, annotated publications- ephemera and grey literature

AN ONLINE DIGITAL ARCHIVE A PERSONAL WORKSPACEA COLLABORATIVE NETWORK

PA is a digital repository made by end users where you can upload and search

for documents

PA is a scholarly social software where you can discuss documents and

general research themes

PA is a personal workspace where you can

store your documents, work with them and access them from

anywhere through the internet

PA is at once

WHAT IS PARALLEL ARCHIVE (2) ?

PA was created essentially to address the problems scholars face when dealing with archival material

1 : A PLACE TO STORE AND ORGANIZE DOCUMENTS

Disorganizationof research

material Multiple scans Multiple storage location Lack of storage space++ =

Solutions offered by PA

A cascading file structureto organize your documents

An important storage capacity

Editable metadata to help youstore information on documents

A unique location to upload all your research material

NB: You can choose to make your documents public, and thus available to the PA community, or make them private

CREATE A DOCUMENT ON PA (1)Upload your document

Browse and…. …upload your archival documents

Choose your upload method

CREATE A DOCUMENT ON PA (2)MyShoebox page

Then click hereto assembleyour document

Here you will find the pages you uploadedYou can rotate and delete themIn case you’ve uploaded a PDF file, the system will disassemble it into pages

This is MyShoebox

CREATE A DOCUMENT ON PA (3)Assemble page

This is theAssemble page

Drag and drop in the correct order the slies ou want to assemble In one document

Then click on theDescribe Document link

CREATE A DOCUMENT ON PA (4)Describe your document

Give as much information on the document as you canand be sure to fill in all compulsory fields !

The « i » explains indetails how to fill ineach field

At the end of this process, you should : - decide to make your document private or public- submit your document

ORGANIZE YOUR DOCUMENTS

Here you will find the documents you’ve uploaded and collected

This link allows you to :1. create a new Virtual collection, 2. move a Virtual collection into another,3. rename a Virtual collection 4. delete a Virtual collection

My Virtual Collections are thematic folders you create to organize your Uploaded and Collected Documents

2 : A PERSONAL WORKSPACE FOR YOUR RESEARCH

PA’s tools to work with

archival material

Email and download

Once you’ve uploaded your scanned archival documents, PA offers you tools to work with them

NB: You can benefit from these functions whilst keeping document private, for example until you publish your research

Obtain and work with the text version of most documents

Annotate your documents page by page as you read them

Refer to the permanent URL of public documents in your publications

E-mail a citation or download any document to your computer

OCR documents

Annotate pages

Cite documents

WORK WITH YOUR DOCUMENTSHere you can annotate individual pages and edit or view the text version of your document

Download your document or e-mail citation

Refer to A document in your publicationsthanks to the permanent URL link

EDIT TEXT VERSION OF YOUR DOCUMENTS

Give as much information on the document as you canand be sure to fill in all compulsory fields !

PA automaticallyproduces a text version of your documents

You can correct the text version of your document and save your modifications

ANNOTATE YOUR DOCUMENTS

Give as much information on the document as you canand be sure to fill in all compulsory fields !

Take notes on each page of your documentwhilst reading.

Change page to continueannotation

3 : A NETWORK OF SCHOLARS AND IDEAS

The forums allow you to discuss specific documents or broader

topics with other scholars

WORK WITH OTHER SCHOLARS

Find scholars who share interest in similar topics and collaborate

You can comment on someone’sdocument to share

your advice or expertise

You can tag documents of interest and therefore facilitate

the global search on PA

NETWORK AROUND DOCUMENTS

NETWORK AROUND DOCUMENTS

Here you can tag documents

Here you can add public commentsto a document

Here you can start a forum on any document or view forums started by others

FORUMS

Here you can start or join general research related discussions

Here you can start or join document related discussions.

Here you can report bugs, problems or share your advice with the developers

In MyForums, you will find the forums you’ve startedand participate in

THE TAG CLOUD

The tag cloud represents the tags used in the repository. The size reflects the number of documents to which the tag has been given.

Here you can search for tags

In MyTags you will view, delete, or change the tags you created on your documents or other’sdocuments

4 : A REPOSITORY TO FIND ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS

HOW DOES PA HELP YOUTO FIND ARCHIVAL SOURCES ?

Search for individual documents by type, subjects, names, language, country, date, source, etc.

Collect and store documents of interest in your PA personal workspace

Locate collections of interest relevant to your research through information on original sources

Difficulty locating physical collections

The rigid organization of traditional archives

The absence of online content

Hard to find archival research

material

+ + =

PA REPOSITORY

Here you can narrow down your search by type of document, language and/or country

Here you can search by typing in a word or using the advanced search

Click on a tag to find documents related to specific topics

Click on a document to see its full description and collect it inMyCollections

CONCLUSION : A USEFUL TOOL FOR SCHOLARS

PA

Organize documents

Access documents

Discuss with other users

Share documents

Edit and view text version

Access a permanent URL

Annotate pages

E-mail citation