Archival Processing Course
Gain mastery in archival processing for civil rights and sensitive collections. Develop skills in arrangement, foldering, finding aids, metadata, preservation, and ethical access to create clear, discoverable, and responsible archives suitable for any library environment.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Archival Processing Course provides a practical guide to mastering arrangement, description, and access for complex collections. Explore key principles such as provenance, original order, and DACS standards, applying them to mixed donations, civil rights records, and audiovisual items. Develop skills to build structured series, folder lists, and finding aids while confidently handling preservation, privacy, and ethical access challenges.
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Develop skills
- Design archival series by imposing clear order on mixed civil rights collections.
- Create detailed folder lists with labels, box order, and notes for quick researcher access.
- Write DACS-compliant finding aids with robust subject access points.
- Manage sensitive records through restrictions, redactions, and ethical access protocols.
- Plan preservation and digitisation strategies for AV materials, selecting formats and tracking files.
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