Description: This webinar will focus on the successful implementation of the More Product, Less Process (MPLP) approach to archival processing, how MPLP can leverage technical services resources to achieve better outcomes, and will also suggest how MPLP can be adapted as an approach to digitization and to cataloging materials that have traditionally been managed bibliographically. It offers an archival approach to general special collections problems.

Learning Outcomes:
Attendees will gain an appreciation for flexible and higher-efficiency archival arrangement and description practices that are extensible to library cataloging and special collections environments.

Who Should Attend?
Technical service managers and people who arrange, describe, process, and digitize archival and bibliograpic resources.

Presenter:
Dennis Meissner is the Head of Collections Management at the Minnesota Historical Society, a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists, a current member of SAA's governing Council, and serves on SAA's Encoded Archival Context Working Group. In 2003, he and Mark Greene (American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming) wrote the influential article published in the American Archivist, "More Product, Less Process: Revamping Traditional Archival Processing." Meissner is a member of ALCTS.

Date & Times:
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
sessions are intended to last 1 hour, starting:
11am Pacific | 12 Mountain | 1pm Central | 2pm Eastern

Credits: 0

Fee:

• ALCTS Member (individual): 39($)
• Non-member (individual): 49($)
• International (individual): 39($)
• Group (Applies to group of people that will watch the webinar together from one access point. Group rate is the same for members and non-members): 99($)

All webinars are recorded and the one-time fee includes unlimited access to the webinar recording. All registered attendees will receive the link to the recording so if you are unable to attend the webinar at the time it is presented, you will have the opportunity to listen to the recording at your convenience.

Technical Requirements:
Computer with Internet access (high-speed connection is best) and media player software. Headphones recommended.

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Registration:
To register, complete the online registration form or register by mail for the session you would like to attend.

Questions?
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