{"id":8648,"date":"2019-07-09T11:39:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T15:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=8648"},"modified":"2019-08-07T14:13:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T18:13:18","slug":"the-c-span-chronicles-season-2-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=8648","title":{"rendered":"The C-SPAN Chronicles: Season 2, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><em>You can<\/em> <em>read Part I of Season 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=8291\">here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And we\u2019re back!&nbsp; Kelsey Kim, C-SPAN Project Archivist here, ready to introduce you to the next phase of C-SPAN Records digitization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A summary of the ground we\u2019ve already covered: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Digitization is not just a lone person in a dark\nroom scanning documents all day, every day until retirement\u2014in fact, it\u2019s a\ncomplicated, multi-step process, only part of which is capturing digital images\nof archival documents.&nbsp; <\/li><li>A LOT of prep work goes into project planning,\nincluding getting estimates of quantity of material to digitize, how long it\ntakes, and what information should be collected on the items.<\/li><li>The right equipment makes a HUGE difference in a\nproject.&nbsp; For SCRC, upgrading from a\nflatbed scanner to a digital camera on a copystand meant a more than 12 hour\ndifference in the time to digitize half of one box of viewer mail.&nbsp; That\u2019s right\u201412 HOURS.&nbsp; And SCRC is lucky because we were able to\nprocure not just one, but TWO copystands and cameras.&nbsp; *Slow clap*<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So, we now have a project plan, and our next step is the\nfirst part of the actual digitization process\u2014PREPARATION OF DOCUMENTS FOR\nDIGITIZATION (we just call it \u201cPrep\u201d).&nbsp;\nThis consists of two parts: physical prep and preliminary metadata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is physical prep?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Before a\ndocument is ready to be photographed, it\u2019s a good idea to make sure it\u2019s easy\nto handle.&nbsp; Remember, you\u2019re trying to\ndigitize one single item at a time, so if two papers are stapled together, you\nhave to remove that staple.&nbsp; Rather than\ndoing that while you\u2019re in the photo-taking groove, we do it ahead of\ntime.&nbsp; Of course, we\u2019re archivists, so\nthere\u2019s a specific way of removing staples, and every time a staple is removed,\nit has to be replaced by a paperclip (specifically a non-rusting one).&nbsp; Standards, you know. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-attachment-id=\"8646\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?attachment_id=8646\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/paperclips.jpg?fit=2016%2C1512&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2016,1512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"paperclips\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Roughly a box&#8217;s worth of paperclips&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/paperclips.jpg?fit=240%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/paperclips.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/paperclips.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/paperclips.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/paperclips.jpg?resize=240%2C180&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/paperclips.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/paperclips.jpg?w=2016&amp;ssl=1 2016w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/paperclips.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Roughly a box&#8217;s worth of paperclips<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>About a box\u2019s\nworth of staples<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What else do we do? We\u2019ll unfold things, smooth out creases,\npull letters out of envelopes, put archival paper around newspaper clippings\n(newspaper is acidic and will damage other paper), look out for water damage or\nmold (aka the Archivist\u2019s Bane), and generally make sure that a document is\nstable enough to be gently picked up, moved to a new surface, photographed, and\nput back without damage.&nbsp; This leads me\nto an important side note: if you\u2019re storing documents for long-term use,\nplease do not use tape or rubber bands.&nbsp;\nThey WILL NOT HOLD UP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"486\" data-attachment-id=\"8649\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?attachment_id=8649\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Edna-Mode-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C486&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,486\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Edna-Mode-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Edna-Mode-1.jpg?fit=240%2C117&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Edna-Mode-1.jpg?fit=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Edna-Mode-1.jpg?fit=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Edna-Mode-1.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Edna-Mode-1.jpg?resize=240%2C117&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Edna-Mode-1.jpg?resize=768%2C373&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Edna-Mode-1.jpg?resize=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is preliminary metadata?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other half of our prep is collecting preliminary\nmetadata.&nbsp; We already talked briefly\nabout metadata, but just for a moment, lets take another dive into it.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fancy, professional people often refer to metadata as \u201cdata\nabout data.\u201d&nbsp; Of course, that\u2019s like\ndescribing the taste of an orange as \u201corangey.\u201d Another way to think about\nmetadata is that it\u2019s just data which describes some type of item.&nbsp; This data can then be used to locate that\nparticular item (like a book in a library catalog or a song in a music\nlibrary), track changes to that item (for example, edits made to a Word\ndocument), or prove when, how, and by whom that item was created (like when\nyou\u2019re trying to prove to your boss that you ARE doing work, not just falling\ninto a YouTube spiral).&nbsp; Of course,\nmetadata can do a lot more, like establish correlations between items, document\nwho has the rights to publish material, and show decay of digital files (yes,\nthat happens). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Typically, people who work with metadata sort it into\ndifferent categories. Some of these are below:&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Descriptive metadata<\/strong> describes the item\n(obviously).&nbsp; Metadata in this category\nusually includes a title, keywords, author(s), etc.&nbsp; Its purpose is basically to help with search\nand discovery of an item.<ul><li><strong>Administrative metadata<\/strong> relates to the\nmanagement of an item, like the file type, creator, date of creation, and a\nbunch of other technical information.&nbsp;\nThis type of information isn\u2019t found IN the document, it just provides\ncontext for the work you\u2019re doing with an item.&nbsp;\nSome of this, like the file type, may be grouped separately as Technical\nmetadata (depending on who you talk to).<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>Structural metadata<\/strong> is about the\nrelationships between parts of an item, like multiple articles in a journal or\nmagazine, or that the table of contents and a book chapter are still part of\nthe same book, etc.&nbsp; It\u2019s a bit more\nconceptual than other types, but that\u2019s basically what you need to know.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>Preservation metadata<\/strong> is used to track\nthe quality of a file over time.&nbsp; For\nexample, did you know that digital files can deteriorate? Well, they can\u2014it\u2019s\ncalled bit rot.&nbsp; For people in the\ndigital storage game, there are ways of tracking that deterioration by\ncomparing copies of the same item periodically and migrating to new formats for\nstability. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Bored yet? It\u2019s okay, I kind of am and I do this stuff all\nday.&nbsp; But rest assured, the last thing\nyou need to know about metadata is that there are different standards of what\u2019s\ncalled \u201ccore\u201d metadata\u2014sort of the bare minimum metadata\u2014particularly for\ndescriptive metadata.&nbsp; That\u2019s what most\narchivists use for guidance.&nbsp; They\u2019re not\npulling it out of thin air (most of the time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" data-attachment-id=\"8650\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?attachment_id=8650\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/good-good-let-the-metadata-flow-through-you-1.jpg?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"good-good-let-the-metadata-flow-through-you-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/good-good-let-the-metadata-flow-through-you-1.jpg?fit=240%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/good-good-let-the-metadata-flow-through-you-1.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/good-good-let-the-metadata-flow-through-you-1.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/good-good-let-the-metadata-flow-through-you-1.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/good-good-let-the-metadata-flow-through-you-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/good-good-let-the-metadata-flow-through-you-1.jpg?resize=240%2C240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/good-good-let-the-metadata-flow-through-you-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>So now, for C-SPAN.&nbsp;\nWe\u2019re working on digitizing three different series within the\ncollection: Press Releases, Viewer Mail, and Photographs.&nbsp; Currently, our big push is prepping the\nViewer Mail records, since this is the largest of the three series.&nbsp; We want information on each LETTER (it sounds\ncrazy, because it definitely is), so it takes A LOT of time, and there are A\nLOT of staples.&nbsp; But that level of\nmetadata means that if someone is looking for a letter containing \u201cAn Ode to\nBrian Lamb*,\u201d they will be able to find it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"959\" height=\"732\" data-attachment-id=\"8651\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?attachment_id=8651\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/OdetoBrian-1.jpg?fit=959%2C732&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"959,732\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OdetoBrian-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/OdetoBrian-1.jpg?fit=240%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/OdetoBrian-1.jpg?fit=300%2C229&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/OdetoBrian-1.jpg?fit=300%2C229&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/OdetoBrian-1.jpg?w=959&amp;ssl=1 959w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/OdetoBrian-1.jpg?resize=240%2C183&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/OdetoBrian-1.jpg?resize=768%2C586&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/OdetoBrian-1.jpg?resize=300%2C229&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>This person really enjoys C-SPAN<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a sample of what we\u2019re collecting on each piece of\nviewer mail:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Title (Usually letter, date, ZIP)<\/li><li>Creator (The name of the sender, but this will\nnot be published for privacy reasons)<\/li><li>Description (Brief summary of the content of the\nletter)<\/li><li>City<\/li><li>State <\/li><li>ZIP code<\/li><li>Date<\/li><li>Pages (Some letters include clippings or\nphotographs, these are also counted as \u201cpages\u201d)<\/li><li>Keywords (Usually three per item)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sounds easy, but when each box has an average of 400\nletters, it\u2019s definitely a struggle!&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Are you starting\nto see why digitization takes so long?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ll also collect metadata on the Press Releases and\nPhotographs series, but because it\u2019s different material, the data will be a\nlittle different!&nbsp; For example, most\nphotos don\u2019t have ZIP codes, but it does matter if they\u2019re in color or black\nand white, so we\u2019ll track that instead!&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s all a big task, but it\u2019s essential to making these\ndocuments discoverable, otherwise it\u2019s just clicking through tens of thousands\nof photos until you find what you need, and who has the time for that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Brian Lamb is the founder of C-SPAN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Follow Special Collections Research Center on Social Media&nbsp;<\/em>at&nbsp;our<em>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/scrc.gmu.edu\/facebook\">Facebook<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/scrc.gmu.edu\/instagram\">Instagram<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/scrc.gmu.edu\/twitter\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;accounts. To search the collections&nbsp;held at Special Collections Research Center, go to our&nbsp;website&nbsp;and browse the finding aids by subject or title. You may also e-mail&nbsp;us at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:speccoll@gmu.edu\">speccoll@gmu.edu<\/a>&nbsp;or call 703-993-2220 if you would like to&nbsp;schedule an appointment, request materials, or if you have questions. Appointments are not necessary to request and view collections.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can read Part I of Season 2 here. And we\u2019re back!&nbsp; Kelsey Kim, C-SPAN Project Archivist here, ready to introduce you to the next phase of C-SPAN Records digitization. A summary of the ground we\u2019ve already covered: Digitization is not just a lone person in a dark room scanning documents all day, every day [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101020,"featured_media":8646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[557,558,3,5,121,461],"tags":[348,753],"class_list":["post-8648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-collections","category-digitization","category-news","category-scrc-interest","category-scrc-picks","category-the-c-span-chronicles","tag-c-span","tag-metadata"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/paperclips.jpg?fit=2016%2C1512&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Ep5i-2fu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8291,"url":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=8291","url_meta":{"origin":8648,"position":0},"title":"The C-SPAN Chronicles: Season 2, Part I","author":"Kelsey Kim","date":"February 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome back to the C-SPAN Chronicles!\u00a0 I am your host, Kelsey Kim, the newest addition to SCRC, and the new C-SPAN Project Archivist. Hopefully our return hasn\u2019t set your head spinning.\u00a0 Amanda Brent, processor extraordinaire, walked you through the lengthy course of processing all of the hundreds of boxes of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Digitization&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Digitization","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?cat=558"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CSPAN.png?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CSPAN.png?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CSPAN.png?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CSPAN.png?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CSPAN.png?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9393,"url":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=9393","url_meta":{"origin":8648,"position":1},"title":"The C-SPAN Chronicles: Season 2, Part V","author":"Kelsey Kim","date":"November 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, I hit a milestone. I photographed the last document for our C-SPAN digitization project. Here\u2019s how it feels to be done: To be honest, it was hard to imagine ever getting to this point. 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