Implementing "More Product, Less Process" #1110

Registration Type

Fees: Early-Bird / Regular

Full Registration #1110

SAA Member $185 / $235 SAA Student Members Promotion: $92.50 / 117.50 Employees of Member Institutions $210 / $260 Nonmember $235 / $285 Nonmember Students Promotion: $117.50 / $142.50 (Please submit proof of enrollment to servicecenter@archivists.org of via fax to 312-606-0728) If you work for an archive, library, museum, or other cultural heritage organization in Florida, you are eligible for free registration for this workshop, sponsored by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access. If so, please do not register through this site, but instead contact John Nemmers (jnemmers@ufl.edu, 352-273-2766) for more information on free registration.

Workshop Agenda

Event Name	Date & Time	Instructors/Speakers & CEUs
Implementing "More Product, Less Process" #1110	Fri, Oct 01, 2010 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Jennifer Meehan General CEU Credits: 0.75 Archival Recertification Credits-ARCs: 5

Workshop Description

Backlogs don’t have to weigh as heavily as they do! Focus on implementing concrete strategies for increasing processing rates and reducing backlogs as outlined in the Greene-Meissner article, “More Product, Less Process: Revamping Traditional Archival Processing,” and learn as you share information and experiences with your fellow workshop participants. Topics include appraisal, arrangement, description, digitization, and preservation, as well as development of processing plans, policies, and benchmarks. This array of topics is addressed through lecture, case studies, and group discussion.

Upon completing this workshop, you’ll be able to:

• Understand the concepts and arguments outlined in “More Product, Less Process;”
• Implement strategies for increasing processing rates in a variety of institutions;
• Apply techniques for managing efficient processing programs, including developing processing plans, policies, and benchmarks;
• Understand how descriptive standards such as DACS can assist in the creation of descriptive records that adhere to “minimum” requirements and assist in the reuse of data in a variety of outputs; and
• Develop strategies for integrating processing with other archival functions, particularly accessioning.

Who should attend?Archivists who process archival collections or manage archival processing programs and administrators interested in processing procedures within their repositories (introductory to intermediate levels).

Testimonials:

Participant response to "what aspect of the workshop methods/materials was most valuable to you?" included:

• “Case studies, survey results of what others are accomplishing, etc.” - Paige Hendrickson
• “Very beneficial course. We need to incorporate this process into our workflow. Great timing. We are rewriting our processing manual.”
• “Handouts of Princeton's documents that demonstrate how the institution implemented MPLP, e.g. accessioning requirements and processing levels summary.”
• “Concise explanation of this approach by [a] knowledgable person who uses it.”
• “Learning that MPLP is not a strict process, but more a genre of guidelines that can be adapted to a particular situation.” - Adam Wallace
• “Hearing concrete examples of other projects at similar repositories.” - Megan Fraser
• “The group case study scenarios were a great way to promote the discussion of implementing MPLP and apply the concepts covered during the morning.” - Joanna Lamb

Attendance is limited to 35.