Aug 13, 2009
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Event Location: Austin Grand Foyer
Tammy Peters
Supervisory Archivist
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Jennifer Wright
Assistant Archivist
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Virginia Yowell
Assistant Archivist
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Doing It Yourself (Almost): The Dreaded Move
Summary: Between 2006 and 2009 the Smithsonian Institution Archives moved approximately 26,000 cubic feet of records into three new facilities, relying almost entirely on existing resources. SIA used this opportunity to improve the physical condition and intellectual control of its collections. This poster presentation demonstrates the workflow created to minimally process and ensure the safe movement of collections being sent to remote storage as well as the logistics of physically moving archival holdings.
[The 2009 Program Committee encouraged submission of professional poster presentations in order to broaden the ways in which presenters can share their work. This format gives you the chance to view posters on your own schedule and have an informal, one-on-one conversation with the presenters during a set time. Be sure to take this opportunity to see what your colleagues are doing in their repositories around the country. Presenters will be available to discuss their posters on Thursday, August 13, from 3:30 to 4:00 pm and on Friday, August 14, from 4:00 to 4:30 pm.]
Direct link: http://saa.archivists.org/Scripts/4Disapi.dll/4DCGI/events/eventdetail.html?Action=Events_Detail&InvID_W=1297
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