Why choose Airtable? Airtable is useful for researchers looking to collaborate with others to track large amounts of metadata online. Airtable is structured like a spreadsheet and lives online. It operates very similarly to Google Sheets, making it useful for collaborations. The spreadsheet allows for multiple fields of metadata to be input and can store images online.
To view the Airtable demo: Please write to visualresources@uchicago.edu and we will share the login information and instructions with you.
Features:
- Supports JPEG, TIF, MP3, and PDFs
- Can upload MP4 files, but cannot be previewed in Airtable (will allow for download)
- Easily drag and drop images to enter into spreadsheet
- Stores image files to view as a thumbnail in chart, open image to full size in expanded window (can be downloaded with original resolution)
- Can download spreadsheet as a .csv file and import spreadsheets and .csv files (2 MB limit on .csv uploads)
- Can sort entry fields alphabetically. Can search for a specific entry (i.e. ‘Henry Ives Cobb’), but cannot permanently sort according to a custom search.
- The “Multiple Select” field type allows for custom tags to be created and applied to entries
- Column where collaborators can be added per line, and the spreadsheet can be shared via link (it’ll notify them similar to Google Docs)
- The “Group by” feature is great for sorting by repository