Archivists’ Guide to Balancing Legal Issues in Photographic Collections

Arrangement and Description of Manuscript Collections

Copyright: The Archivist and the Law

This 2-day workshop will provide you with the basis for administration of copyright in daily archival work.  The instructor will bring you up to date on issues you need to track in the current age of information commerce—including an assessment of the bad news and the good news in the Supreme Court's Eldred decision.

Upon completing this workshop, you’ll have:

• Recognized the complex issues relating to authors', owners', and users' rights in intellectual property;
• Obtained a grounding in the historical rationale for copyright law, including major legislative and judicial developments;
• Discovered the relevance of U.S. federal law for archives and manuscripts; and
• Examined the current law; and
• Determined the sequence of decision making needed for your management of copyright issues.

Participants are invited to submit specific questions related to copyright within their own institutions up to 2 weeks prior to the workshop start date.

Who should attend?  Archivists and other professionals who have copyright concerns.

Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Encoded Archival Context - Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families (EAC-CPF)

Encoded Archival Description

Ethics and Accountability

Financial Management Basics for Archivists

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Fundamentals of Encoded Archival Description and XSLT Stylesheets

Implementing DACS in Integrated Content Management Systems: Using the Archivists’ Toolkit

Implementing “More Product, Less Process”

MARC According to DACS: Archival Cataloging to the National Content Standard

Managing Architectural, Design and Construction Records

Photographs: Archival Principles and Practices

• Workbook Day 1
• Workbook Day 2

Photographs: Archival Principles and Practices

Project Management for Archivists

Research Skills Tutorial

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Interested in really practical research methods for archivists? This tutorial provides participants with practical approaches, techniques, and tips for conducting research and evaluation. Tutorial materials include a guide, an extensive bibliography,and hands-on exercises. The instructors discuss common research methods (e.g., surveys, interviews, focus groups, and model building) as well as approaches and opportunities for presenting research results. If youre interested in conducting in-house evaluation and research for presentationand publication, this full-day session is for you!

Who should attend? Archivists who are interested in conducting in-house evaluation and research for presentation and publication.

Attendance is limited to 50.

Visual Literacy for Photograph Collections