The ICA’s Section on University and Research Institution Archives (ICA/SUV) invites you to a special Community-Coffee-Cultures session with two guest speakers who will present and discuss the University of California Guidelines for Efficient Archiving Processing. The session is scheduled for Tuesday, 19 November 2024 at 17:00 CET (Paris time).
Archivists Laurel McPhee and Kate Dundon from the University of California will discuss the impact of the Guidelines for Efficient Archival Processing in the University of California (UC) Libraries, established in 2012 to improve workflows and processing efficiency. They will present findings from a recent assessment on the guidelines’ effects on backlogs, policies, and daily practices across UC Libraries, covering topics like efficient processing, slow archiving, and access to underprocessed collections. A facilitated discussion will follow, inviting engagement from archivists, library professionals, and those interested in archival best practices.
More information about the guest speakers and their presentation can be found below.
KEY INFORMATION
Date and time
Tuesday 19 November 2024, 17:00 – 18:30 CET (Paris time). To confirm the date/time of this session in your time zone, please use the following link.
Language
English. No interpretation will be provided.
Date and time
Tuesday 19 November 2024, 17:00 – 18:30 CET (Paris time). To confirm the date/time of this session in your time zone, please use the following link.
Language
English. No interpretation will be provided.
This webinar is free to attend and open to anyone interested. Registration is required to receive access details for the event.
SUMMARY
The Guidelines for Efficient Archival Processing in the University of California Libraries established shared principles and recommendations for increased processing efficiency in archives and special collections in the University of California system. Since its publication in 2012, the Guidelines continue to be an influential resource for archival workflows throughout the United States. In this presentation, two UC archivists and co-authors of Beyond Efficiency: An Impact Assessment of the UC Guidelines for Efficient Processing will review the findings of this recently completed assessment of the Guidelines’ impact on backlogs, collection management policy, and day-to-day archival practices across ten major UC libraries. The authors will discuss data gathered on processing practices, staffing levels, and collection growth that reveal hidden trends in how archival programs are resourced by the university. After the presentation, there will be a facilitated discussion that will address a range of topics related to efficient processing, slow archiving, collection-level description, facilitating access to unprocessed and minimally processed collections, and more.
GUEST SPEAKERS
Laurel McPhee
Laurel McPhee is the supervisory archivist of Special Collections & Archives at the UC San Diego Library, where she has worked since 2014. She leads and collaborates with a team of librarians, manuscript processors, and specialists to make collections of personal papers, organizational records, unique visual resources, and digital objects preserved and accessible. She is a co-author of the 2020 revision of the Guidelines for Efficient Processing in the University of California Libraries. Prior to UC San Diego, Laurel worked in special collections at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), federal libraries overseas, and museums. Laurel earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts and her MLIS from UCLA.
Kate Dundon
Kate Dundon is the Supervisory Archivist for Special Collections & Archives at University of California Santa Cruz where she oversees archival processing, accessioning, collection management, and born-digital stewardship programs. She is a co-author of the 2020 revision of the Guidelines for Efficient Processing in the University of California Libraries. Prior to UC Santa Cruz, Kate held positions at Occidental College Library, New York University Law Library, and the New York Public Library. She earned an MA in Archives and Public History from New York University and an MLIS from Long Island University.
