Appraisal and Accessioning: Archives Without Tears Key Concepts Series, Module 3

These modules provide very brief and basic overviews of the more in-depth content available through the Pennsylvania State Archives’ two-day Archives Without Tears workshops.
This module, Appraisal and Acquisition, is one in a series of key concept overviews.
In this module we will discuss:
How to appraise records
When to accept or reject new collections of records
Transferring ownership of records to your archives
And how to create an accession record for new collections
This module was made possible in part through a National Historical Publications and Records Commission State Board Programming Grant.