BCAUL Pilot project: Activities and deliverables

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Abbreviations (a check-mark indicates that a project partner is involved in that activity):

• AABC = Archives Association of British Columbia
• ART = Artefactual Systems Inc.
• CCA = Canadian Council of Archives
• LAC = Library and Archives Canada
• SFU = Simon Fraser University (Library / Archives / Gallery)
• UVic = University of Victoria Archives

<admonition type="seealso"> For more information about each project partner, and the contributions each made to the project, see the BCAUL Pilot project: Overview page. <admonition>

Research
Activities	ART	AABC	SFU	UVic	LAC	CCA	Deliverables	Timelines / status
Review descriptive and metadata standards: ISAD(G), EAD, MARC, RAD, RAD2, MODS, METS, DC, CDWA, DACS.								Ongoing
Prepare standards crosswalks.							Crosswalks: ISAD(G) RAD Dublin Core	Aug/Sep 2008: in progress
Identify elements for additional ICA-AtoM templates: RAD, works of art, artefacts, exhibitions.							Mock-ups: Classic RAD RAD ISAD(G)ed RAD2 Exhibition Work of art	Aug/Sep 2008: in progress
Identify BC archival community's capacities (re: use of descriptive databases) and training requirements.							[Survey, report?]
Analyze systems
Activities	ART	AABC	SFU	UVic	LAC	CCA	Deliverables	Timelines / status
Map ICA-AtoM to standards crosswalk							Maps: RAD to Qubit (template implementaton) RAD2 to Qubit (template implementation) EAD to Qubit (import implementation) MARC21 to Qubit (import implementation) MODS to Qubit (import implementation) Qubit to EAD (export implementation) Qubit to MARC21 (export implementation) Qubit to MODS (export implementation)	Sep/Oct 2008: in progress
Map source databases (BCAUL, SFU) to standards crosswalks.							Maps: BCAUL to MARC21 SFU AIS to EAD (export implementation)	Sep/Oct 2008
Develop automated methods for exporting data from source databases.							Export scripts: BCAUL SFU AIS	Sep/Oct 2008
Develop automated methods for importing data into ICA-AtoM.							Qubit templates, actions, methods.	Oct/Nov 2008
Install ICA-AtoM applications
Activities	ART	AABC	SFU	UVic	LAC	CCA	Deliverables	Status
Install ICA-AtoM at Artefactual themed to BCAUL							ICA-AtoM installed	Oct/Nov 2008
Install ICA-AtoM at SFU themed to SFU							ICA-AtoM installed	Oct/Nov 2008
Install ICA-AtoM at LAC themed to Archives Canada?							ICA-AtoM installed	Oct/Nov 2008
Migrate data
Activities	ART	AABC	SFU	UVic	LAC	CCA	Deliverables	Status
Import sample BCAUL test data into ICA-AtoM, review, identify bugs and fixes, migrate full BCAUL data.							BCAUL data migrated.	Nov 2008
Import sample SFU test data into ICA-AtoM, review, identify bugs and fixes, migrate full SFU data.							SFU data migrated	Nov 2008
Migrate sample LAC data?
Test ICA-AtoM
Activities	ART	AABC	SFU	UVic	LAC	CCA	Deliverables	Status
Develop list of use cases. Eg:
**Test import of new descriptions
**Test import of revised descriptions
**Test harvesting of new / revised descriptions
**Test import of images
**Test search functionality
**Test direct data entry
**Test output functionality (reports, printing, export)
Identify software bugs, issues, requirements
Develop training material
Activities	ART	AABC	SFU	UVic	LAC	CCA	Deliverables	Status
Provide staff user training
Provide researcher user training
Develop customized end-user documentation
Administer project and report
Activities	ART	AABC	SFU	UVic	LAC	CCA	Deliverables	Status
Liaise with project partners
Develop and revise communication plan
Evaluate project results (report)