Archival Processing Course
Gain expertise in processing archival materials, especially civil rights and sensitive collections. The course covers essential techniques in arrangement, creating folder lists, developing finding aids, metadata management, preservation strategies, and ethical access practices. This equips you to establish organised, accessible, and responsible archives suitable for libraries or any institutional setting, ensuring long-term usability and integrity of historical records.

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 the arrangement, description, and access of complex collections. You will learn key principles such as provenance, original order, and DACS standards, applying them to mixed donations, civil rights documents, and audiovisual items. Develop skills to 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 archival series by organising mixed civil rights collections logically.
- Create detailed folder lists with precise labels, box arrangements, and notes for quick researcher use.
- Write compliant finding aids using DACS standards with robust subject indexing.
- Manage sensitive records through restrictions, redactions, and ethical access guidelines.
- Plan preservation and digitisation efforts for audiovisual materials, selecting formats and tracking files.
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