About

I am an Application Developer for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University Libraries dedicated to the Special Collections and Archives. Most of my work these days comprises of developing a new digital repository based on Islandora 8 and supporting ArchivesSpace.

Previously, I was the Electronic Records Archivist for the Duke University Archives and an Assistant Professor of Archival Studies at Clayton State University. I’ve been developing IT solutions for special collections and archives, off and on, since my days as an undergraduate student.

This blog serves as a lab notebook. I intend to use it to document various strategies and bits I learn as I go along; especially bits that aren’t posted in a public code repository. Only time will tell if I actually use it! 😁

Contact me

Feel free to email me, but I’m also frequently available on the Islandora and Archives Tech Slack workspaces if you want quicker responses. Oh, yeah, Twitter too.

Presentations

  • “Performance Testing & Content Access Control.” Presentation during an Islandora Open Meeting, 2021-02-23. (slides) (YouTube)
  • Darnelle O. Melvin and Seth Shaw. “CONTENTdm to Islandora 8: Remediation & Migration.” Islandora Online, 2020-08-04. (slides) (YouTube; ~23 min.)
  • “Integrating ArchivesSpace with Drupal and Islandora at University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries.” Webinar presented for the ArchivesSpace Integrations Series, 2020-07-17. (announcement with links) (YouTube; ~58 min.)
  • John Kunze, Seth Shaw, and Christine Di Bella. “Integrating ArchivesSpace and ARKs.” Webinar presented for the ArchivesSpace Integrations Series, 2020-03-04. (announcement with links) (YouTube)
  • “Islandora 8 at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.” Webinar for the Islandora Foundation, 2020-01-21. (YouTube; ~57 min.)
  • “Drupal 8 Migrate API Bulk-Loading Content into Islandora 8.” IslandoraCon, 2019-10-09. (PDF slides)
  • “Sailing the Islandora 8 Ship while (still) Building It.” IslandoraCon, 2019-10-09. (PDF slides)
  • “Bringing Archival Description and Digital Objects Together with Drupal.” DLF. Las Vegas, NV. 2018-10-05. (presentation page)
  • “Linked Data without (necessarily) a Triplestore.” Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C. 2018-08-16. (PDF slides)
  • “ArchivesSpace/Drupal 8 Integration Project: Using Drupal for the PUI.” ArchivesSpace Member Forum. Washington, D.C. 2018-08-14. (event page with links)
  • “Copying Digital Objects from CONTENTdm into ArchivesSpace.” ArchivesSpace Member Forum. Washington, D.C. 2018-08-14. (event page with links)
  • “Bringing Archival Description and Digital Objects Together with Drupal.” Society of American Archivists Research Forum. Washington, D.C. 2018-08-14. (PDF slides)