Workshops
Interested in attending or scheduling an Archives Workshop? Contact the Education Committee Chair Charles Arp (arpc@battelle.org)
Upcoming Workshops
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Workshop Descriptions
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Archives 101: Introduction to Archives
Examines the challenges of being an archivist. Basic information and skills
needed to collect, appraise, process, describe, and service archival
collections.
Day Long. Fee: $30.00
Archives 201: Archival Appraisal
Evaluating archival/manuscript collections and the costs involved. Collection
policy, physical condition and historical significance of collections, and
preparation for public use. Does not cover monetary value of collections.
3 hours. Fee: $20.00
Archives 202: Outreach
Improving outreach techniques. Learn your institution's strengths and how to
make the most of them. Who is your audience? Partnering. Getting collections
and funds.
3 hours. Fee: $20.00
Archives 203: Arrangement & Description of Archival
& Manuscript Materials
Processing principals. Intellectual and physical requirements or accurately
arranging and describing collections.
3 hours. Fee: $20.00
Archives 205: Security: Or How to be Paranoid!
Covers all the basics of protecting your collections from theft, fire, flood,
vermin and pests. Everything you need to know and more. Creating security
policies and disaster recovery plans.
3 hours. Fee: $20.00
Archives 206: Rare Books and the Archives
If you have such creatures and don’t know what to do with them. Learn a brief
history of the book and printing, early book construction, cataloging and
processing rare books, and their place in archival collections. We will use
books from your own collection, if available.
3 hours. Fee: $20.00
Archives 207: Records Management
The basic skills of inventorying office records and providing schedules of
retention and disposal. Legal issues, space and storage, and working with the
people who produce the records.
3 hours. Fee: $20.00
Archives 209: MARC Cataloging
The basics of MARC cataloging for archives – Learn the MARC fields for
archives. Where they go, how to find what you need, and what the essential
records are for archives MARC cataloging.
3 hours. Fee: $20.00
Archives 210: Preservation Basics
Document cleaning, Mylar encapsulation, humidity chambers, and other basic
techniques for preserving your rare/fragile items. Includes how-to
instruction and hands-on components.
All day. Fee: $45.00
Archives 211: Finessing the Big Move
When you have to move or relocate your collections, what do you need to know
and do to make it work? Find out from the people who've been there.
3 hours. Fee: $20.00
Archives 212: Managing Photographic Collections
Learn how to identify, preserve and manage still and moving images using
examples from public and private sources. Bring in your unusual and
unidentifiable pictures. Hands on!
3 hours. Fee $20.00
Archives 301: Digitizing Historic Collections
Selection and development of digital resources for preservation and access.
Criteria for scanning. Standards for metadata. Watermarking and security.
Learn the basics of "going digital" in three short hours.
3 hours. Fee: $20.00
Archives 302: Grant Writing
How to find and get the money you need. Learn what resources are available to
get you the funds needed to support and grow your institution.
3 hours. Fee: $20.00
Archives 303: Management Issues
Planning, supervising volunteers, employees, and others; dealing with ruling
boards; balancing the paperwork deluge with your other duties.
3 hours. Fee: $20.00
Interested in scheduling an Archives Workshop?
Email Charles Arp at arpc@battelle.org or complete this form, and send it to him at the address listed below.
Education Committee Chair
Charles Arp
Battelle Memorial Institute
505 King Ave.
Columbus, OH 43201-2693
Please Note: We cannot schedule a workshop for any less than ten people at one location.