Session five: Processing, or establishing control
Thursday, February 29
Readings
- Required reading – annotation and discussion (SEE PAGE NOTES ON EACH FOR REQUIRED SECTIONS/INSTRUCTIONS):
- Rockefeller Archive Center’s “Guide to Processing Collections”
- UCLA’s “Guidelines for Efficient Archival Processing”
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Goal
- 5. Process Collections at an Appropriate Level
- 6. Efficient Processing Approaches
- Optional – foundational reading:
- Erin Faulder’s and Laura Jackson’s: “Digital Processing: Exploring the Enigma“
- Mark Greene’s and Dennis Meissner’s “More Product, Less Process: Revamping Traditional Archives Processing“
Assignments due
Review
Session six: Preservation
Thursday, March 7
Readings
- Required reading – annotation and discussion:
- Rainer Jedlitschka’s “‘Together We Are Strong’: Emergency Associations for the Protection of Germany’s Cultural Heritage“
- Lisa Darms’ “The Archival Object: A Memoir of Disintegration“
- Optional – foundational reading:
- Northeast Document Conservation Center’s “Preservation 101“
- Optional – further reading:
- Mark Greene’s and Dennis Meissner’s “More application while less appreciation: The adopters and antagonists of MPLP“
Assignments due
- none
Review
Session seven: Arrangement
Thursday, March 14
Readings
- Required reading – annotation and discussion:
- Jennifer Douglas’ “What We Talk About When We Talk About Original Order in Writers’ Archives“
- Jeremy Heil’s “The Procrustean Bed: A History of the Arrangement of the Al Purdy Fonds“
- Optional – foundational reading:
- Jennifer Meehan’s “Making the Leap from Parts to Whole: Evidence and Inference in Archival Arrangement and Description“
- Jane Zhang’s “Original Order in Digital Archives“
- Optional – further reading
Assignments
- none
Session eight: Description principles and standards
Thursday, March 21
Readings
- Required reading – annotation and discussion:
- Optional – foundational reading:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
- Jennifer Douglas’ “Toward More Honest Description“
- Gregory Wiedeman’s “The Historical Hazards of Finding Aids“
- Optional – further reading
- Kirsten Wright’s “Archival interventions and the language we use“
Assignments
Review
- Session eight slides
- Session eight practicum slides
- Queens College SCA ArchivesSpace Guide (especially section on Subjects)
- Queens College SCA Style Guide
Session nine: Metadata and digital description
Thursday, March 28
Readings
- Required reading – annotation and discussion:
- Optional – foundational reading:
- Jane Zhang’s and Dayne Mauney’s “When Archival Description Meets Digital Object Metadata: A Typological Study of Digital Archival Representation“
- Dublin Core DCMI Metadata Terms (especially the elements)
- Optional – further reading:
- Emily Vinson’s “Reassessing A/V in the Archives: A Case Study in Two Parts“
