Archival Processing Course
Gain expertise in processing civil rights and sensitive archival collections. The course covers arrangement, foldering, finding aids, metadata creation, preservation strategies, and ethical access practices, enabling you to develop clear, accessible, and responsible archives suitable for any library or repository environment. This comprehensive training ensures professionals can manage diverse materials effectively and responsibly.

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 series, folder lists, and finding aids while handling preservation, privacy, and ethical access confidently.
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Develop skills
- Design structured archival series for organising mixed civil rights collections.
- Create detailed folder lists with labels, box arrangements, and notes for quick researcher access.
- Develop DACS-compliant finding aids featuring robust subject indexing.
- Handle sensitive records through restrictions, redactions, and ethical access protocols.
- Plan preservation and digitisation efforts for audiovisual materials, selecting formats and tracking files.
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