Workshop: Implementing "More Product, Less Process"

Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Workshop Description from SAA Site

Instructors/Speakers

 Dan Santamaria, Assistant University Archivist for Technical Services, Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University] 

Comments, Discussions and Further Information Additional information and resources discussed during the workshop

General:

The Midwest Archives Conference 2008 Annual Meeting:

Opening Remarks: Mark A. Greene, President, Society of American Archivists: "MPLP: It’s Not Just for Processing Anymore" read by Dennis Meissner (Word 50kb)

Plenary Speaker: Jennifer Schaffner, Program Officer, OCLC Programs and Research: "The Future Belongs to Archivists" (PowerPoint 4.35mb)

College and University Records:

"Optimum Access? Processing in College and University Archives," Christopher J. Prom: Now published in, College and University Archives: Readings in Theory and Practice, Christopher J. Prom & Ellen D. Swain, Editors

Personal Papers:

International Council on Archives, Section on University and Research Institution Archives, East Lansing, Michigan, September 6-9, 2005 D. Claudia Thompson,American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming,"What Is Processed?" 

Visual Materials:

"Use, Value, Viability: Criteria for Choosing Effective Processing Levels for Visual Materials," Helena Zinkham, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Div. SAA/NAGARA Annual Meeting, 8/3/06; last revised 9/20/07 

Collection/Backlog Assessment Tools:

PACSCL Consortial Survey Initiative ratings criteria (URL cut off in course packet):