The Philadelphia Area of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) Hidden Collections Processing Project, with funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), is processing hidden collections at 23 area repositories. The progress of this project was presented at the recent Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) pre-conference held in Philadelphia, PA from June 22-25, 2010.

1. Join or Die: Collaboration in Special Collections RBMS Pre-Conference, Philadelphia June 23, 2010 Holly Mengel Project Manager PACSCL/CLIR “Hidden Collections” Processing Project

6. Challenges We All Face

11. THE BOX OF DESPAIR

12. Put it into Action: Process a Collection using the Manuals Post-Processing Pre-Processing Test Collection: Anny Elston papers at Drexel University College of Medicine

18. Project Team: Leslie O’Neill, Forrest Wright, Eric Rosenzweig and Laurie Rizzo Student Processors October 2009-May 2010 Courtney Smerz Project Archivist Project Processors: Round 1

19. The Project Team: Megan Good, Forrest Wright, Becky Koch, and Megan Atkinson: Student Processors June 2010 Garrett Boos Archivists’ Toolkit Cataloger April 2010 Project Processors: Round 2

31. “ Unhiding” Collections http://clir.pacscl.org From the Sarah Wistar Rhoads papers at Haverford College