Behind the Scenes: An Introduction to Archival Processing

This workshop will offer hands on experience with archival arrangement and description. Participants will have the opportunity to work through a hands-on processing activity using a real archival collection, tour the National Louis University Archives, and network with others doing archival work.

Workshop Outline:

• Introduction
• General Processing Information
• Supplies
• Discuss Readings
  • Readings will be shared prior to the workshop.
• Hands-on Activity
• Lunch - Provided
• Tour of National Louis University Archives
• Wrap-up and Discussion

Date and Location:
June 6, 2025
11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
National Louis University
18 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Il 60603

Directions and Parking
Information to come.

Speakers:

Pam Hackbart-Dean is Professor and Head of Special Collections & University Archives and interim Associate Librarian at the University of Illinois Chicago. She has been in this position since 2019. Additionally, she has conducted numerous workshops on arrangement and description, published articles, and co-authored How to Manage Processing in Archives and Special Collections (SAA, 2012).

Marcella Lees (she/her) serves as the Digital Archivist for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. In this role she leads digitization initiatives and works to collect, preserve, and provide access to born-digital and digitized records documenting the university and Southern Illinois history. Marcella also serves as an instructor in the history department teaching archival processing and digital archives and is currently acting as the interim University Archivist providing reference, instruction, and collection development. She holds an MSLIS from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign specializing in Archives and Preservation.

Meghan Ryan has worked with National Louis University’s Archives and Special Collections since 2014. Initially hired to re-establish the Archives program in the absence of an archivist, in 2018 she became full-time faculty and the Special Collections and Cataloging Librarian. Meghan manages the Archives and Special Collections, as well as catalogs library resources. She received her MLIS from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, and previously worked on CARLI’s Preservation Committee from 2015-2021, and is currently serving on the Archives Task Force.

Registration is not yet available.

Sponsored by the CARLI Archives Task Force.