diff --git a/project-management/electronic-records-steps-collaboration.md b/project-management/electronic-records-steps-collaboration.md index e4b9a3b..07c9bca 100644 --- a/project-management/electronic-records-steps-collaboration.md +++ b/project-management/electronic-records-steps-collaboration.md @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ This page outlines times archivists and Digital Archives staff should communicat # Accessioning * Contact Digital Archives when digital media are in an accessioned collection. -# Collection Assignment -* Contact Digital Archives when you are assigned a collection with digital media. +# Collection Start +* Contact Digital Archives when you start a collection with digital media. * Discuss your time frame for processing the collection. * Find out whether media has been transferred and how that will affect your processing schedule. * Discuss whether you would like to appraise/survey hard drive directories before transfer. diff --git a/staging/Archivist-Workstation-Processing.md b/staging/Archivist-Workstation-Processing.md index 7726e9c..2afe457 100644 --- a/staging/Archivist-Workstation-Processing.md +++ b/staging/Archivist-Workstation-Processing.md @@ -13,25 +13,15 @@ parent: Processing 1. TOC {:toc} -Archivists processing electronic records without using FTK or ePADD will receive an external hard drive or thumb drive with copies of files to be arranged. +Archivists processing electronic records without using FTK or ePADD will receive an external hard drive or thumb drive with copies of files to be arranged. In some cases files might +be available on remote storage. ## Using an External Hard Drive * Attach the external hard drive or thumb drive to your workstation. - -* Open SPEC and navigate to the object inventory of the associated collection for information on the digital carriers being processed. - -* Note you may also need to update fields in individual SPEC object records at various points during processing. - -## Arranging and Describing Files from a Workstation - -The goal of the arrangement and description phase is to approximate the -process in which an archivist works with a physical collection. By using -their workstation the archivist will be able to appraise a copy of records with the same -structure as contained on their original media, create a set of intellectual components -(arrangement), summarize the logical extents (size) and date ranges of -the components, and enter them into ArchivesSpace. +* Navigate to the SPEC object inventory of the acquisition to view digital carrier information. +* You may need to update fields in SPEC object records at various points during processing. ### Navigating the Drive @@ -52,11 +42,30 @@ OR * Navigate to the data folder in the objects folder to view the files to be arranged. -### Processing +{: .important } +`data` folders are not collection folders. Move the contents within `data` folders only. + +## Surveying and Appraisal + +The goal of the survey and appraisal phase is to approximate the process in which an archivist works with a physical collection. By using their workstation the archivist will be able to appraise a copy of records with the same structure as contained on their original media. * Appraise the files. * Ascertain the arrangement of the files. -* Note file naming conventions, how the files relate to each other, and possible duplicates. +* Note file naming conventions, how the files relate to each other, and possible duplicates. + + +## Arranging and Describing Files from a Workstation + +The goal of the arrangement and description phase is to approximate the +process in which an archivist works with a physical collection. By using +their workstation the archivist will be able to appraise a copy of records with the same +structure as contained on their original media, create a set of intellectual components +(arrangement), summarize the logical extents (size) and date ranges of +the components, and enter them into ArchivesSpace. + +{: .warning } +Do not rename collection files. +Avoid creating an ER for a single file. ### Arrangement