This section outlines the process for accessioning and appraising personal archives and administrative records. It also describes the process for reformatting media in order to extract data as encoded on obsolete or vulnerable media in order to make it accessible.
Instructions for using specific tools are linked throughout and also included in appendices.
NOTE: After accessioning, digital files should be stored on the UA storage server space in a folder with the appropriate seven digit record series number (i.e. 11/3/834 --> 1106834). If no record series or only a partial record series has been assigned, label the folder as concisely as possible (i.e. 1312xxx or Woese_emails). Record the folder information in the New Accessions and Accruals tracking spreadsheet.
File path for UA storage server:
University Archives: \\storage.library.illinois.edu\UA\UA\Unprocessed
ALA Archives: \\storage.library.illinois.edu\UA\ALA