Karen Knox
Head of Library Technology Services
Washington University
Leonard Augsburger
Newman Numismatic Portal Project Coordinator
Washington University
Eric Weig
Web Development Librarian
University of Kentucky
Mitch Sumner
Head of Digital Preservation, Processing, and Reformatting
Washington University
Washington University (WashU) Libraries and the University of Kentucky Libraries have recently completed downloading millions of previously uploaded digitized files from the Internet Archive. This process was part of larger migration projects at both institutions: WashU’s Newman Numismatic Portal’s 76,000 assets are migrating to AM Quartex, and the University of Kentucky Libraries’ Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program’s 86,000 assets were recently copied to a new local online discovery interface powered by Ex Libris Primo. This briefing will share background information on both institutions’ asset migration projects and details on the tools used, including the Internet Archive API, the command line interface from Internet Archive, and ChatGPT to assist with writing Python code to achieve this. Staff from both libraries will share how they independently developed workflows and discuss goals and desired outcomes that inspired the work, including preservation and access.
https://kdnp.uky.edu
https://journal.code4lib.org/articles/18510
https://nnp.wustl.edu/
