Learning Objects You work at an institution of Higher Education. One morning you receive a box on your desk that has been mailed to the archives. The box contains records of an affiliated alumni organization that has been having some issues with the university in recent years because of the sale of a few pieces …
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Everything But the Kitchen Sink (A Preservation Case Study)
Learning Objectives Students will think through how to respond to a disaster scenario. Scenario You are a staff member in a large organization that collects a wide variety of traditional and electronic records. Your stack space has a sophisticated HVAC system that is capable of maintaining ideal temperature and humidity in several zone for a …
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No Such thing as a Free Lunch (An Outreach Case Study)
Learning Objectives Student will consider the ethical dimensions of community outreach for archives and make appropriate decisions given a specific scenario. Scenario Your archive has a well established history of giving talks to various groups in your community about the importance of archives and preserving family records. Usually the archivist who gives these talks gets …
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