Archival Processing Course
This course teaches mastery of archival processing for civil rights and sensitive collections. Participants learn arrangement, foldering, finding aids, metadata creation, preservation techniques, and ethical access methods to develop 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?
Gain practical skills in archival processing, covering arrangement, description, and access for complex collections. Master principles like provenance, original order, and DACS standards, applying them to mixed donations, civil rights documents, and audiovisual items. Develop series, folder lists, and finding aids while handling preservation, privacy concerns, and ethical access decisions effectively.
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Develop skills
- Design archival series by organizing mixed civil rights collections clearly.
- Create detailed folder lists with labels, box orders, and notes for quick access.
- Write DACS-compliant finding aids with robust subject indexing.
- Manage sensitive records through restrictions, redactions, and ethical guidelines.
- Plan preservation and digitization for AV materials, selecting formats and tracking files.
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