Pam Hackbart-Dean

Hackbart-Dean and Slomba lead us through creating a processing program, setting processing priorities (I loved this part -- matrices!), managing processing, preservation administration, description and standards, training and managing staff, and evaluation and assessment. Whew. If that sounds comprehensive, well, it is. It also bleeds a lot into general archives management, which is a big strength of the book. Processing is such a huge part of archival administration, that you can't really show more talk about managing it without talking about managing the whole thing. This is a good review book for mid-career professionals like me. It helped me to put some perspective on my day-to-day work and to step back and reevaluate the way I do some things. Not every suggestion would work for a one-woman shop like mine, but there is enough here for any archivist to really sink their teeth into. Nice work!

[full review here: http://spacebeer.blogspot.com/2016/08/how-to-manage-processing-in-archives.html ] show less

A comprehensive resource for processing collections detailing methods of developing an archives processing plan, training staff, collecting statistics, and evaluating the final processed products in your archive collections.

A comprehensive resource for processing collections detailing methods of developing an archives processing plan, training staff, collecting statistics, and evaluating the final processed products in your archive collections.

A comprehensive resource for processing collections detailing methods of developing an archives processing plan, training staff, collecting statistics, and evaluating the final processed products in your archive collections.