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S23. In the Beginning: Building an Archive from the Ground Up; April 16, 2016; Pittsburgh, PA. Establishing an archive can be daunting and challenging, but also incredibly rewarding for any archives professional. In our roundtable discussion, attendees will hear archivists at various stages in their careers detail the unique challenges they faced—and continue to address—as they established functioning, coherent, and sustainable archives programs. Speakers will discuss how the unique circumstances of their projects influenced their approach to typical archival issues, such as limited storage space, coordinating with other departments, and addressing backlogs. Topics include: inventorying collections, getting feedback from staff at all levels of administration, reconciling the variety of legacy descriptive tools, and helpful tools. Two lone arrangers and a team of archivists will share how they defined success as they established archives programs where none existed before. |
