Forget About the Backlog: Surfacing Accessions Using Archivists’ Toolkit
- 1. Forget About the Backlog: Surfacing Accessions Using Archivists’ Toolkit™ Audra Eagle Yun, MLIS, CA University of California, Irvine August 9, 2012 Society of American Archivists Description Section Meeting www.slideshare.net/librarchivist/ twitter: @audraeagleyun
- 3. “During the accessioning process, whenever possible, we arrange and describe the materials, including the creation of the finding aid, so that they are ready for research use and never enter our backlog. In short, we apply processing standards such as those recommended by Greene and Meissner during the accessioning process.”
- 18. Sources consulted Council of University Librarians (CoUL) Systemwide Operations and Planning Advisory Group (SOPAG) NGTS (Next-Generation Technical Services) Power of Three (POT) Group 3 charge. http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/sopag/ngts_pot3_charge.pdf Emory Finding Aids. http://findingaids.library.emory.edu/ Greene, Mark A. "Perspective - MPLP: It's Not Just for Processing Anymore." The American Archivist. 73.1 (2010): 175. Maier, S.B. “MPLP and the Catalog Record As a Finding Aid." Journal of Archival Organization. 9.1 (2011): 32-44. Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) Consortial Survey Initiative. www.pacsclsurvey.org/ Weideman, Christine. "Accessioning As Processing." The American Archivist. 69.2 (2006): 274-283. Yale Finding Aid Database. http://drs.library.yale.edu:8083/fedoragsearch/rest/ For information about our policies, including an Accessioning Manual, please visit http://staffbeta.lib.uci.edu/departments/sca/policies-procedures-forms.php