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Then join Hand in Hand  brave [Archivists] all,  By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall   --John Dickinson Holly Mengel Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Hidden Collections in the Philadelphia Area:  A Consortial Processing and Cataloging Initiative Society of American Archivists Chicago, Illinois August 27, 2011
Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries: Collaborators since 1985 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
PACSCL/CLIR  Hidden Collections Grant ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Today:  123 collections, 3897 linear feet, 83 legacy finding aids updated,  and a shared EAD repository
Project Collaboration ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Challenges ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Shared EAD site (findingaids.pacscl.org) ,[object Object],[object Object]
Unexpected successes:  Team processing
Unexpected Successes:  Centralized Training and  Project Team
How you can make collaborative projects work for you (with or without a grant,  with or without a consortium)
Know your region ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Assign: ,[object Object]
 
Develop a system of  standards and training
Make your work an experiment
Things will probably not always go as you plan …
 
Celebrate Milestones and Successes
Learn from others’ successes and failures ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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Exposing Hidden Collections through Consortia and Collaboration

  • 1. Then join Hand in Hand brave [Archivists] all, By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall --John Dickinson Holly Mengel Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Hidden Collections in the Philadelphia Area: A Consortial Processing and Cataloging Initiative Society of American Archivists Chicago, Illinois August 27, 2011
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  • 7. Unexpected successes: Team processing
  • 8. Unexpected Successes: Centralized Training and Project Team
  • 9. How you can make collaborative projects work for you (with or without a grant, with or without a consortium)
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  • 13. Develop a system of standards and training
  • 14. Make your work an experiment
  • 15. Things will probably not always go as you plan …
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