Archival Processing Course
5/5
Gain expertise in processing archival collections, especially sensitive civil rights materials. The course covers arrangement principles, creating folder lists and finding aids, metadata standards, preservation techniques, and ethical access protocols. Ideal for building organized, accessible archives in libraries or repositories, ensuring materials are preserved and discoverable for researchers while respecting privacy and ethics.
5.0 in the evaluation
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. Participants will learn key principles such as provenance, original order, and DACS standards, applying them to diverse materials including mixed donations, civil rights documents, and audiovisual items. Develop skills in creating series, folder lists, and finding aids, while handling preservation needs, privacy concerns, and ethical access decisions effectively.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Design structured archival series for disorganized civil rights collections.
- Create detailed folder lists with labels, box arrangements, and access notes.
- Write compliant finding aids using DACS with robust subject indexing.
- Handle sensitive materials through restrictions, redactions, and ethical policies.
- Develop preservation and digitization plans for audiovisual and fragile items.
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