Chaos --> Order recently featured a great post, "What We Talk About When We Don't Talk About Accessioning", by Rachel Searcy. The post argues for the importance of thoroughly documenting accession work and the need for archivists to talk more broadly about accession practices. I couldn't agree more. One of the long term projects I'm … Continue reading Accession Best Practices
Order Through Processing
During the month of December I am participating in #reverb14 as a means of getting my writing habits back on track. I will be altering the prompts as needed to fit within the scope of this blog. Today's prompt: Small Pleasures: What small pleasures did you discover this year? Part way through this year I reconnected … Continue reading Order Through Processing
The Battle of Standardization
My recent foray into the archival world has provided me with a renewed appreciation for standardization of descriptive techniques. Rules for Archival Description (RAD) is a national (Canadian) set of rules for archival description. The first edition of RAD was established in the 1990s and has since become common place in most quality archives in … Continue reading The Battle of Standardization