Archival Processing
This documentation was written to serve as a guide for archivists in the New York Public Library’s Archival Processing unit, a division of the Special Collections Processing department, to arrange, describe, preserve, and provide access to collections across all research divisions of the library.
Contact
Email archivalprocessing@nypl.org with any question or comments.
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Defining Archival Principles
- Archival Processing at NYPL
- Accessioning
- Preliminary Background Work
- Survey
- Appraisal
- Processing Proposal
- Guidelines for Levels of Description
- Processing Collections
- Processing Audio and Moving Image Material
- Processing Electronic Records
- Housing, Storage, and Handling
- Archival Description
- Inclusive Description