Processing Checklist - smith-special-collections/sc-documentation GitHub Wiki

Student work checklist:

• Processing plan reviewed with processing team
• Collection arrangement complete
• Rehousing complete
• Content list complete
• Series and sub-series description complete
• Collection level description complete
• Container control complete, including putting boxes back on the shelf
• Edits from archivists complete
• Weeded material discarded
• Processing team met for retrospective

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CONTENTS

• Smith College Special Collections
  • Our Repositories
  • The Records Life Cycle and How Processing Fits In
• Processing Overview
  • Glossary of Archival Terms
  • Structure of Collections
  • Traditional vs MPLP Processing
  • Overview of the Processing Workflow
• How to Read Processing Plans
• Arrangement
  • Intellectual vs. physical arrangement
  • Handling Archival Materials
  • Rehousing
  • Restricting materials
• Appraisal
  • Kinds of Value
  • Getting rid of material
  • Records Retention
• Description
  • Writing a Finding Aid
  • Tips for using ArchivesSpace
  • Container control and labeling boxes
• Post processing report and retrospective
• Expectations of students
• Appendices
  • Processing checklist
  • Examples