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the Forefront
Revamping Archival Processing Across the UC Libraries
the UC Libraries
Michelle Light, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Special Collections Division
Jillian Cuellar, UCLA Library, Special Collections
Audra Eagle Yun, UC Irvine Libraries, Special Collections & Archives
Adrian Turner California Digital Library
Adrian Turner, California Digital Library
Society of California Archivists | 2013 Annual General Meeting | Berkeley, CA
Next Generation Technical Services
Next‐Generation Technical Services
Next Generation Technical Services
Next‐Generation Technical Services
http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/ngts
Power of Three Group (POT) 2
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Three Group (POT) 1
Power of Three Group (POT) 3
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Power of Three (“POT”)
Power of Three (
POT ) Groups
Groups
• POT1: Build the system‐wide infrastructure for y
digital collections
• POT2: Transform cataloging practices
• POT3: Accelerate processing of archival and POT3: Accelerate processing of archival and
manuscript collection
• POT4: Simplify the recharge process
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• POT5: Maximize the effectiveness of Shared Cataloging
• POT6: Develop system‐wide Collections Services POT6: Develop system wide Collections Services
operations
• POT7: Transform collection development practices
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POT #3 “accelerate processing processing
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manuscript collections”
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenharris/4775722590/
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Steve Harris, “Measuring West” (2010)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenharris/4775722590/
PANELISTS
Michelle Light, University of Nevada, Las Michelle Light
University of Nevada Las
Vegas, Special Collections Division
Jillian Cuellar, UCLA Library, Special Collections
Audra Eagle Yun, UC Irvine Libraries, Special Audra Eagle Yun
UC Irvine Libraries Special
Collections & Archives
RESOURCES
UC Libraries NGTS initiative http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/ngts
NGTS Tumblr
http://ucngts.tumblr.com/
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“Guidelines for Efficient Archival Processing”
http://tinyurl com/uc‐processing‐guidelines
http://tinyurl.com/uc
processing guidelines
IMAGE CREDITS
IMAGE CREDITS
CC BY‐NC 2.0
David Pritchard, “Miles of Files” (2006)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drpritch/
4430561244/
CC BY‐NC‐ND 2.0 Anne G “This
Anne G., This is What Archivists Do
is What Archivists Do” (2009)
(2009)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dolescum/3568
510056/