Fonds and Finding Aids

Join the Arizona Archives Alliance for a fun-filled day of archival foundations!

What: Arrangement and Description: Fundamentals

When: Tue, Jan 30, 2018, through Wed, Jan 31, 2018

Where: Tempe History Museum, Tempe, AZ

Early-Bird Registration Deadline: December 31, 2017

Funding is available to AzAA members to defray registration, travel, and hotel costs.  More information is available at https://arizonaarchives.org/ and the funding application can be accessed at https://arizonaarchives.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/2017_workshop_funding_req.pdf

Session Topics

• Principals and concepts of arrangement
• Common arrangement of various types of collections and material formats
• Identify the essential elements of a finding aid
• Describe the major standards supporting the essential elements
• Basic tools that can be employed to facilitate management of arrangement and description
• Best practices

See the SAA Workshop page at https://saa.archivists.org/events/arrangement-and-description-fundamentals-1868/831/ for details.

Questions? Contact Elizabeth Dunham at elizabeth.dunham@asu.edu