Lois Hamill is the university archivist and an associate professor at Northern Kentucky University’s Steely Library. She has been a practicing archivist for over seventeen years. Her last book, Archives for the Lay Person, was well received, winning a 2013 Kentucky History Award. Hamill is a certified archivist, holds the SAA Digital Archives Specialist certificate, speaks on archival topics at archival library, and history conferences, and is a successful grant writer.

This book’s greatest strength lies in its balance between covering the processing of physical and digital materials, and addressing how arrangement, description, and other standard processing practices compare and contrast in the physical and digital realms. . . Overall, this book is a welcome addition to any archivist or aspiring archivist’s bookshelf.

• Chapter 1 A Brief History of Arrangement and DescriptionChapter 2 Performing Arrangement and DescriptionChapter 3 Introduction to Digital RecordsChapter 4 Appraising Digital RecordsChapter 5 Accessioning Archival Records Chapter 6 Archival Arrangement of Digital RecordsChapter 7 Digital DescriptionChapter 8 Digital Access to Description and RecordsChapter 9 Parting ThoughtsAppendicesA – Chronology of Technology Changes Impacting Digital FilesB – Software Tools for Digital Tasks

Lois Hamill is the university archivist and an associate professor at Northern Kentucky University’s Steely Library. She has been a practicing archivist for over seventeen years. Her last book, Archives for the Lay Person, was well received, winning a 2013 Kentucky History Award. Hamill is a certified archivist, holds the SAA Digital Archives Specialist certificate, speaks on archival topics at archival library, and history conferences, and is a successful grant writer.

This book’s greatest strength lies in its balance between covering the processing of physical and digital materials, and addressing how arrangement, description, and other standard processing practices compare and contrast in the physical and digital realms. . . Overall, this book is a welcome addition to any archivist or aspiring archivist’s bookshelf.

• Chapter 1 A Brief History of Arrangement and DescriptionChapter 2 Performing Arrangement and DescriptionChapter 3 Introduction to Digital RecordsChapter 4 Appraising Digital RecordsChapter 5 Accessioning Archival Records Chapter 6 Archival Arrangement of Digital RecordsChapter 7 Digital DescriptionChapter 8 Digital Access to Description and RecordsChapter 9 Parting ThoughtsAppendicesA – Chronology of Technology Changes Impacting Digital FilesB – Software Tools for Digital Tasks

Lois Hamill is the university archivist and an associate professor at Northern Kentucky University’s Steely Library. She has been a practicing archivist for over seventeen years. Her last book, Archives for the Lay Person, was well received, winning a 2013 Kentucky History Award. Hamill is a certified archivist, holds the SAA Digital Archives Specialist certificate, speaks on archival topics at archival library, and history conferences, and is a successful grant writer.

This book’s greatest strength lies in its balance between covering the processing of physical and digital materials, and addressing how arrangement, description, and other standard processing practices compare and contrast in the physical and digital realms. . . Overall, this book is a welcome addition to any archivist or aspiring archivist’s bookshelf.

• Chapter 1 A Brief History of Arrangement and DescriptionChapter 2 Performing Arrangement and DescriptionChapter 3 Introduction to Digital RecordsChapter 4 Appraising Digital RecordsChapter 5 Accessioning Archival Records Chapter 6 Archival Arrangement of Digital RecordsChapter 7 Digital DescriptionChapter 8 Digital Access to Description and RecordsChapter 9 Parting ThoughtsAppendicesA – Chronology of Technology Changes Impacting Digital FilesB – Software Tools for Digital Tasks