Archival Processing Course
Gain expertise in processing civil rights and sensitive archival collections. The course covers essential techniques in arrangement, foldering, creating finding aids, metadata management, preservation strategies, and ethical access practices. This equips learners to develop organized, accessible, and responsibly managed archives suitable for any library or repository environment, ensuring long-term usability and integrity.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course provides a practical guide to mastering archival arrangement, description, and access for complex collections. Key principles such as provenance, original order, and DACS are taught, with hands-on application to mixed donations, civil rights records, and audiovisual items. Participants will create structured series, detailed folder lists, and comprehensive finding aids, while confidently handling preservation needs, privacy concerns, and ethical access protocols.
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Develop skills
- Design structured archival series for organising mixed civil rights collections effectively.
- Produce precise folder lists including labels, box arrangements, and notes to enhance researcher access.
- Author compliant finding aids using DACS standards with robust subject indexing.
- Handle sensitive materials by implementing access restrictions, redactions, and ethical guidelines.
- Develop preservation and digitisation plans for audiovisual items, selecting formats and managing files.
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