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Review Of Arranging And Describing Archives And Manuscripts, Cory L. Nimer May 2020

Review Of Arranging And Describing Archives And Manuscripts, Cory L. Nimer

Journal of Western Archives

A review of Arranging and Describing Archives and Manuscripts, by Dennis Meissner.


The Business Of Time Travel: A Case Study Examining The Processing Of The Connie Willis Papers At The University Of Northern Colorado, Emory J. Trask, Katherine Shull Nov 2016

The Business Of Time Travel: A Case Study Examining The Processing Of The Connie Willis Papers At The University Of Northern Colorado, Emory J. Trask, Katherine Shull

Journal of Western Archives

The work-in-progress article explores the donation, arrangement, and description of the papers of the internationally renowned science fiction novelist and short story writer, Connie Willis, to the University of Northern Colorado. The project is ongoing at UNC, but the article provides a case study exploring the both the value of science fiction collections and the challenges presented in processing them.


From Accession To Access: A Born-Digital Materials Case Study, Cyndi Shein Jan 2014

From Accession To Access: A Born-Digital Materials Case Study, Cyndi Shein

Journal of Western Archives

Between 2011 and 2013 the Getty Institutional Records and Archives made its first foray into the comprehensive ingest, arrangement, description, and delivery of unique born-digital material when it received oral history interviews generated by some of the Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. project partners. This case study touches upon the challenges and affordances inherent to this hybrid collection of audiovisual recordings, digital mixed-media files, and analog transcripts. It describes the Archives’ efforts to develop a basic processing workflow that applies the resource-management strategy commonly known as “MPLP” in a digital environment, while striving to safeguard the integrity and authenticity …