is pleased to announce the publication of four new finding aids on the department’s archival collections webpage (
).
ICFA staff completed the archival processing and finding aids for the following collections:
Additionally, ICFA has revised existing finding aids for collections produced by Byzantine scholars and/or Dumbarton Oaks staff, including:
In future months, ICFA plans to complete the processing of the Robert Van Nice Fieldwork Records and Papers and the Margaret Alexander Fieldwork Papers. While these projects are still in progress, ICFA staff and interns have created online resources to document these collections, including:
More importantly, ICFA is currently moving its long-form finding aids to an open-source web-based collection management system (International Council on Archives Access to Memory or
ICA-AtoM) for increased accessibility. While the change has opened the door for lively debates about archival description and “
More Product, Less Process,” this challenge has definitely been an educational and exciting journey for the staff in ICFA.
For more information about ICFA’s ongoing activities and projects, please visit our departmental blog at
http://icfadumbartonoaks.wordpress.com/ and “friend us” on the
Dumbarton Oaks Library and Archives Facebook page.