Tagging Rationale

Our project team consists mostly of graduate students from fields not directly related to archiving. In an effort to simplify our workflow, as well as aid others unfamiliar with more traditional archival tagging systems, we have created our own set of tags based on social tagging. 

While our team was becoming familiar with the items within this collection, we individually began to assign tags which accurately described the contents. After a short time of this, we compiled our tags into an index to remove duplicates and create a plan for how to add tags in the future. This digital repository uses the results of this process to describe the types of materials, related persons and organizations, and other important information which could be of use to curious newcomers and researchers alike. 
Did you find a problem with an item’s tags? Is one incorrect, or missing entirely? Please let us know by sending us a feedback!