Overview

The Bentley's general processing workflow is highlighted below:

• The Assistant Director for Collections Management will assign a processing project to a processor on the Processing Team's Trello board (internal link).

• The processor will complete specific processing tasks and move the project through the Trello board's various lists. 

• Once the processor has completed these tasks and created the appropriate documentation, they will submit their work to the Assistant Director for Collections Management for review.

• The Assistant Director for Collections Management will review and discuss this work with the processor, who will implement any changes that the assistant director recommends (and then re-submit the documentation for approval). 

• The Assistant Director for Collections Management will then officially approve the processor's work, notify the processor, and export the finding aid's EAD for publication as well as create or update a MARC record in the appropriate environment(s) like WorldCat (via OCLC Connexion) and the University of Michigan's Library Search (public link).

• The processor will then wrap up the project by completing different post-processing collections management tasks.

For a full list of processing tasks, consult this checklist from the Processing Team Trello board (internal link).