Creating Sustainable Digital Files; What Archivists Need to Know
Technical post, digital archives. Converting physical information to electronic form requires archivists to understand digitization fundamentals
Dynamic Range and Resolution for Digitization Projects
Technical post; archival digitization; additive and subtractive light mixtures differ; this complicates reproduction of images on monitors or in print.
Digitization Basics for Archivists
Archivists embrace the digital world as they transform their physical holdings into electronic records through digitization projects.
Ready to Read: The Digital Decisive Moment—Transformative Digitization Practices
Archivists have entered the digital decisive moment; digitized and born-digital images have substantially departed from the legacy of analog materials.
The Business Case for Archival Digitization
Archivists can accelerate gains from digitization by presenting a business case for digital transformation to those who lead their organizations.
Digitization in a Post-Pandemic World
Increases in remote working, changing needs, and user preferences for remote research have made digitization of archival holdings a priority.
The Benefits of Digitization
Archival digitization projects are complex but when managed successfully their benefits outweigh the skills, costs, and time required
The Purpose of Corporate History
The history of a business is a key to its identity; keeping the memory of its strategic path via corporate history helps focus that identity over time.
Identifying Records for Retention
Organizations evaluate records and set retention periods based on records lifecycles; there are 3 stages: active use, semi-active use, and disposition
Record Filing Methods and Maintenance
The functions of records maintenance include organizing and filing records and identifying which records to retain and for how long.
Conducting a Records Survey
The purpose of a records survey is to determine records categories users create, receive, process, or maintain in operational or project-based work.
Archival Arrangement Principles
Archivists transform complex groupings of primary sources into insightful and succinct information through arrangement and description; principles
Archival Program Advantages
Organizations benefit themselves and the public by preserving records, organizing them, and making them available within and outside the institution.
Advocating for Archives: Tips for Archivists
Archivists can identify advocacy content that fits into customer service interactions, represents the archives’ perspective, and articulates its needs
Offsite Storage for Organizational Archives
Organizational archivists must decide whether archival collections must or should be located in the same facility as the organization; tips, advice
Placing Organizational Archives in Repositories
Archival holdings may need external repositories; archivists must consider how often materials are used and how quickly they are needed when planning.
Public Use of Organizational Archives
Archivists should establish means and protocols for accommodating external researchers who want to consult the organizational collection.
Arrangement and Description; The Value of Archival Labor
Archivists refine the arrangement (processing) of archival materials, rehouse material, and create inventories to facilitate future access
Records Disposition for Archives
Creating a records retention schedule should be one of the archivists’ first tasks after an archival assessment.
Safe Storage for Archival Preservation
Many organizations have no room to store archival collections, so vigilance is needed to protect rare and fragile materials, especially audiovisual
Archives Assessment Questions
An assessment of archival collections assists in strategically meeting user needs, allocating resources effectively, and securing funding.
Assessing the Archives Program
Professional archival principles and standards are developed over decades; each organization adheres to them in its own way.
Building Support for Archival Programs
Whatever an archival program’s shape, archivists should enlist all possible stakeholders’ input at inception to build foundation for long-term success.
Preserving Organizational History
Organizations need to retain certain records beyond current needs according to regulatory, legal, financial, and operational requirements.
Records and Archival Management within Organizations
An archival program allows archivists to identify, save, and retrieve necessary information while safely removing unnecessary material.