Archives 101 - Hamill, Lois

. .

Auteur(s) : Hamill, Lois

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/04/2021

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 302

Expédition : 617

ISBN : 9781538133019

Résumé :

List of Figures, Tables, and Textboxes

Preface

Introduction

1. Basic Definitions and Concepts

2. Acquiring New Materials

3. Arranging the Collection

4. Describing the Collection

5. Photographs: Part 1-Handling, Arranging, Identifying, Rehousing, and Describing

6. Photographs: Part 2-Management and Use

7. Managing Digitization Projects

8. Reference and Researchers

9. Security

10. Exhibits

11. The Collection Storage Environment

12. Other Types of Materials

13. Outside Specialists

14. Additional Personnel

15. Disaster Preparedness

Appendixes

Appendix A: Guidelines and Policies

Appendix B: Sample Forms and Workflows

Appendix C: Representative Examples

Appendix D: Vendors

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

...

Biographie:
Lois Hamill is head of the Special Collections and University Archives at Northern Kentucky University. She has earned the rank of full professor. She has been a practicing archivist for twenty years working with academic records, photograph and local history collections, and local government records. She previously worked for a local historical society, local government and a public library. She holds a masters degree in History/Archival Methods from the University of Massachusetts Boston, a masters in library and information science from Simmons College, Boston, is a certified archivist and has earned the Society of American Archivists' Digital Archives Specialist certification. She also attended Rare Book School at the University of Virginia. She has spoken at national, regional and state conferences on diverse archival, history and library topics, taught a photograph workshop at the annual American Association of State and Local History conference, and state workshops on archival arrangement and collections care. She was the principle investigator for an NEH Sustaining Cultural Heritage Grant to create and maintain a sustainable preservation environment through monitoring and analysis of the existing HVAC system in order to mitigate humidity problems and save energy...

Sommaire:

As university archivist, Lois Hamill is head of the Special Collections and University Archives at Northern Kentucky University. She has earned the rank of full professor. She has been a practicing archivist for twenty years working with academic records, photograph and local history collections, and local government records. She previously worked for a local historical society, local government and a public library. She holds a masters degree in History/Archival Methods from the University of Massachusetts Boston, a masters in library and information science from Simmons College, Boston, is a certified archivist and has earned the Society of American Archivists' Digital Archives Specialist certification. She also attended Rare Book School at the University of Virginia.
She has spoken at national, regional and state conferences on diverse archival, history and library topics, taught a photograph workshop at the annual American Association of State and Local History conference, and state workshops on archival arrangement and collections care. She was the principle investigator for an NEH Sustaining Cultural Heritage Grant to create and maintain a sustainable preservation environment through monitoring and analysis of the existing HVAC system in order to mitigate humidity problems and save energy...