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Reviews, Debra Branson March, Christine De Catanzaro, Heather Oswald, Joshua Kitchens, Angela Flenner, Sarah Dorpinghaus, Carol Waggoner-Angleton, Virginia Ellison, Jennifer Dixon, Kate Pope, Heather Gilbert
Reviews, Debra Branson March, Christine De Catanzaro, Heather Oswald, Joshua Kitchens, Angela Flenner, Sarah Dorpinghaus, Carol Waggoner-Angleton, Virginia Ellison, Jennifer Dixon, Kate Pope, Heather Gilbert
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
Managing Processing Staff: Hiring, Training And Retaining, Pam Hackbart-Dean
Managing Processing Staff: Hiring, Training And Retaining, Pam Hackbart-Dean
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
Chuck Tanner, left fielder and manager in Major League Baseball, noted “There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.” Effectively managing processing staff in an archives or special collections permits supervisors to marshal the strengths of staff to accomplish processing goals. Successful processing programs facilitate the hiring, development, and retention of top-notch staff. Henry Mintzberg, Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University, states simply, “Management is, above all, a practice where art, science, and craft meet."
Case Files: A Congressional Archivist's Dilemma, Cary G. Osborne
Case Files: A Congressional Archivist's Dilemma, Cary G. Osborne
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
One of the more difficult decisions for congressional archivists is deciding what to do with case files. It might help to first understand what importance casework held in the congressperson’s career, particularly as it influenced chances of re-election. A review of the literature shows that there is little agreement among experts in this regard. In congressional archives there is also little agreement on whether the files should be retained. This paper looks at the advantages and disadvantages in using various methodologies in processing these files in an effort to clarify criteria for making that decision.
Provenance Xxx, Cheryl Oestreicher
Provenance Xxx, Cheryl Oestreicher
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
Front Matter, Cheryl Oestreicher
Front Matter, Cheryl Oestreicher
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
Digital Forensics Meets The Archivist (And They Seem To Like Each Other), Christopher A. Lee
Digital Forensics Meets The Archivist (And They Seem To Like Each Other), Christopher A. Lee
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
Materials with archival value are now predominantly "born digital." Archivists have unprecedented opportunities to acquire and preserve traces of human and associated machine activity. Seizing these opportunities will require archivists to extract digital materials from their storage or transfer media in ways that reflect the metadata and ensure the integrity of the materials. They must also support and mediate appropriate access: allowing users to make sense of materials and their context, while also preventing inadvertent disclosure of sensitive data.
Faster Digital Output: Using Student Workers To Create Metadata For A Grant Funded Project, Emily Gainer, Michelle Mascaro
Faster Digital Output: Using Student Workers To Create Metadata For A Grant Funded Project, Emily Gainer, Michelle Mascaro
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
Archives and special collections experience pressure to digitize and make more of their holdings available online. Creating online digital collections is time consuming. Not only do the individual analog items need to be scanned, but descriptive metadata must be created for web searches and for historical context. According to the 2004 Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) survey, archives cite lack of staff time as one of the top two hindrances for undertaking digitization projects.1 Often, archives and special collections cannot hire additional professional staff to carry out digital projects. Keeping up with traditional processing and handling reference requests …
Back Matter, Cheryl Oestreicher
Back Matter, Cheryl Oestreicher
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.