Minimal Processing with Maximal Description

Minimal Processing with Maximal Description Holly Mengel, Project Manager and Courtney Smerz, Project Archivist PACSCL/CLIR “Hidden Collections” Processing Project

“ Hidden Collections” Processing Project Mission ,[object Object],[object Object]

“ Hidden Collections” Processing Project ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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The Standards Committee ,[object Object],[object Object]

Q: What does minimal processing mean in a large processing project with pre 20 th century non-institutional records? ,[object Object],[object Object]

Minimal Processing at 2 hours per linear foot ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Q: How do we create standards that the project AND 23 repositories can agree on and will result in consistent finding aids? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Other Efforts for Standardization ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Put it into Action: Process a Collection using the Manuals Post-Processing Pre-Processing Anny Elston papers at Drexel University College of Medicine

Lesson Learned: ,[object Object],[object Object]

Solutions: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Project Archivist, Courtney Smerz ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

In her third week … ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Hands-on Processing at DUCOM

The Initial Project Team and our Guinea Pig Repositories Leslie O’Neill, Forrest Wright, Eric Rosenzweig and Laurie Rizzo: Processors Extraordinaire Drexel University, Drexel University College of Medicine and Haverford College: Repositories of Much Faith

Initial Lessons Learned ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

October to December 2009 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

January to May 2010 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

2nd Project Team Forrest Wright Megan Good Jennifer Duli Christiana Dobrzynski Grippe Megan Atkinson Becky Koch

Legacy Finding Aids ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Garrett Boos

May 2010 to present ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Processing Lessons Learned ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Processing Lessons Learned ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Good Not Good

Processing Lessons Learned ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Legacy Finding Aids Lessons Learned ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Our Community of Support Grows ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Consortial Work Gives Back: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Creating an EAD Repository ,[object Object],[object Object]

Implementing the Archivists’ Toolkit ,[object Object]

Reducing Backlog through Minimal Processing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Developing a Community of Archivists and Users Bellefield Collection at Historical Society of Pennsylvania Sarah Wistar Rhoads papers at Haverford College George Hay Collection at Drexel University College of Medicine The Wistars are EVERYWHERE!

“ Unhiding” Collections http://clir.pacscl.org

Putting Theory into Practice: How we have a ctually implemented our cross-repository Minimal Processing Program ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Processing Plan ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Processing Plan ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Our processing plans are simple word documents, designed to guide any person with just a little archival know-how, in processing a collection in accordance with current archival standards for minimal processing and with little supervision.

Creating Processing Plans ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Training ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Minimal Processing Manual ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Archivist’s Toolkit Manual ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Archival Boot Camp ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Boot Camp ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

On-going training and supervision ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Quality Control ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Benefits to the Consortium ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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