Michael Shallcross
Assistant Archivist | Digital Curation Services | shallcro at umich dot edu
About
Michael Shallcross is an Assistant Archivist in the Digital Curation Services division of the University of Michigan's Bentley Historical Library. He received his Masters of Science in Information (with specializations in Archives and Records Management and Preservation of Information) in 2010 from the University of Michigan and holds an A.B. (Ohio University) and M.A. (University of Arizona) in English Literature. As Technical Lead of the Bentley Library's MeMail Project (2010-2011), Michael helped develop a system to preserve the email correspondence of University of Michigan administrators. He was named to the SAA Publications Board and Fundamental Change Working Group in 2011 and has guest lectured for courses at the University of Michigan's School of Information. Michael also serves as an instructor (with Nancy Deromedi) for the SAA workshop "Managing Electronic Records in Archives and Special Collections".
Responsibilities
- consults with university offices and individuals on digital records
- guest lectures on archival theory and practice concerning digital records
- prepares archival description and administration of new accessions
Papers
- The MeMail Project: Digital Curation at the Bentley Historical Library (2011; also available in the MAC Newsletter, vol. 39 no. 1)
- On the Development of the University of Michigan Web Archives: Archival Principles and Strategies (2011)
- HathiTrust is a Solution: The Foundations of a Disaster Recovery Plan for the Shared Digital Repository (2009)