Book Description
Collections management can be a daunting task for volunteers and employees alike. Archives for the Lay Person provides practical, step-by-step guidance for those managing all facets of archival collections at small organizations.
Author : Lois Hamill
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 27,73 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 0759119724
Collections management can be a daunting task for volunteers and employees alike. Archives for the Lay Person provides practical, step-by-step guidance for those managing all facets of archival collections at small organizations.
Author : Aaron D. Purcell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 24,63 MB
Release : 2019-02-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1538122391
The Digital Archives Handbook provides archivists a roadmap to create and care for digital archives. Written by archival experts and practitioners, Purcell brings together theoretical and practical approaches to creating, managing, and preserving digital archives. The first section is focused on processes and practices, including chapters on acquisitions, appraisal, arrangement, description, delivery, preservation, forensics, curation, and intellectual property. The second section is focused on digital collections and specific environments where archivists are managing digital collections. These chapters review digital collections in categories including performing arts, oral history, architectural and design records, congressional collections, and email. The book discuss the core components of digital archives—the technological infrastructure that provides storage, access, and long-term preservation; the people or organizations that create or donate digital material to archives programs, as well as the researchers use them; and the digital collections themselves, full of significant research content in a variety of formats with a multitude of research possibilities. The chapters emphasize that the people and the collections that make up digital archives are just as important as the technology. Also highlighted are the importance of donors and creators of digital archives. Building digital archives parallels the cycle of donor work—planning, cultivation, and stewardship. During each stage, archivists work with donors to ensure that the digital collections will be arranged, described, preserved, and made accessible for years to come. Archivists must take proactive and informed actions to build valuable digital collections. Knowing where digital materials come from, how those materials were created, what materials are important, what formats or topical areas are included, and how to serve those collections to researchers in the long term is central to archival work. This handbook is designed to generate new discussions about how archivists of the twenty-first century can overcome current challenges and chart paths that anticipate, rather than merely react to, future donations of digital archives.
Author : Archives of American Art
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 28,43 MB
Release : 1965
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Author : Margaret Crockett
Publisher : Facet Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 26,3 MB
Release : 2015-11-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1856048551
This practical how-to-do-it guide is ideal for professionals involved in the management of archives and records, especially if they are just starting out or without formal training. The book covers all aspects of recordkeeping and archives management. It follows the records’ journey from creation, through the application of classification and access techniques, evaluation for business, legal and historical value and finally to destruction or preservation and access in the archive. Based on the internationally renowned training days run by the author and her business partner, The No-nonsense Guide to Archives and Recordkeeping deals with records and archives in all formats. It utilizes checklists, practical exercises, sample documentation, case studies and helpful diagrams to ensure a very accessible and pragmatic approach, allowing anyone to get to grips with the basics quickly. The book is divided into four main work areas: - current records: including creation, filing, classification and security - records management: including aims, risks, planning, preparation and delivery - archives management: including collecting policies, intellectual property rights, appraisal, digitization and outreach - archival preservation: including policy, disaster prevention and repositories. This one-stop-shop will be essential for a wide readership including archives and records assistants, librarians, information managers and IT professionals responsible for archives and records and managers of archives staff.
Author : Audra Eagle Yun
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,17 MB
Release : 2023-03-31
Category :
ISBN : 9780838938522
An archival accessioning program is the keystone of responsible collection stewardship and essential to providing both equitable access and meaningful contextualization of archives. In Archival Accessioning, editor Audra Eagle Yun approaches the acquisition of materials as a holistically oriented, programmatic activity that establishes and maintains baseline control for archival holdings. Combining principles, best practice, and real-world examples from eleven archives practitioners, Archival Accessioning is a forward-thinking guide that archivists can apply in a variety of institutional settings. Those working with archives, special collections, and local history materials will learn how to Identify core components of archival accessioning and critically analyze this work, Establish a thoughtful and successful program for taking intellectual and physical custody of materials, and Adapt firsthand professional perspectives to improve or modify existing practices.
Author : University College, Dublin. Archives Department
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 23,67 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Archives
ISBN :
Author : John C. Larsen
Publisher : Hamden, Conn. : Library Professional Publications
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 12,69 MB
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Smithsonian Archives
Publisher :
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 21,63 MB
Release : 1996
Category :
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Author : North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies
Publisher : Institute
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,74 MB
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Jessica Lacher-Feldman
Publisher : Society of American Archivists
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 10,58 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Archives
ISBN : 9781931666640