Emma Barton-Norris discusses the creation of an internal wiki and checklist as part of the establishment of a processing workflow at Bowdoin College’s archives.
Category Archives: Project Management
Creating Cohesion: Processing Manuals as Tools for Project Management
Renae Rapp discusses the drafting of a new processing manual at the City College of New York Archives and Special Collections, which will give guidance to processors with different levels of experience and provide cohesive description across legacy and new collections.
Spinning Plates at McCormick Library: Processing Project Management
Natalia Gutierrez-Jones and Benn Joseph outline the multi-stage workflow and digital tools used to manage the Northwestern University McCormick Library’s archival processing projects.
In Praise of Inventories
Matthew Richardson discusses the benefits of creating inventories to aid in both processing and access of items at the Texas Medical Center Library’s McGovern Historical Center.
Care Through Coding and Project Management
Corey Schmidt outlines how he builds against future stresses in his management of the University of Georgia Libraries’ ArchivesSpace installation.
Checking All the (Archival) Boxes: Managing Processing Projects at the Special Collections Research Center
Cathy Dorin-Black outlines how the North Carolina State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center uses Trello, Google Suite, and other tools to track and assign processing projects among their archival staff and students.
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