Archival technical skills workshop

Hi everyone,

It's been awhile since this wiki was updated so here goes...

We are trying to organize a technical skills workshop (ie. the practical knowledge all archivists are expected to know when starting a new job) and need to know what questions you have about a day in the life of an archivist. Some topics are: how to properly assemble an archival box, how to be reading room muscle and do all archives use RAD?

May I stress that YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION WHEN YOU START WORKING!!! So it is in everyone's best interest to come up with ideas and attend the workshop. It won't be until next year so if we come up with about 10 questions by the end of the first semester we should be well on our way to an excellent workshop.

I'll start:
How important are donor/archivist relations in a private/public archives? What interpersonal skills should an archivist have?

Any more ideas? Post your questions and concerns in the comments of this blog. Hope to hear from many of you soon.

Pam