Basics of Archival Arrangement, Description, and Cataloging

The goal of this workshop is to prepare future and current archivists, manuscript curators, and special collections librarians to arrange, describe, and catalog all media formats.  In the process attendees should leave the workshop understanding the essential steps to create levels of control, identify elements of a finding aid, and appreciating the application of both traditional and current archival descriptive standards.  In addition to the topical lectures that will provide a context for understanding the purposes and goals of archival arrangement and descriptive standards a variety of hands-on experiences will be incorporated in the workshop.