Finding Aid Basics: How to Read and Create Archival Finding Aids

Finding aids are essential tools in archival research, helping users navigate historical collections, locate specific materials, and understand archival organization. Despite their simple name, finding aids follow strict archival standards and play a crucial role in preserving, describing, and providing access to archival materials.

In this recorded webinar, we cover:

✔️ What finding aids are and why they matter in archives, libraries, and special collections
✔️ How to read and interpret archival finding aids to locate records efficiently
✔️ Key components of a finding aid, including scope, inventory, and metadata
✔️ Standards used in archival description, such as DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard) and EAD (Encoded Archival Description)
✔️ How researchers, students, and genealogists can use finding aids for historical and family history research
✔️ Best practices for creating and maintaining finding aids in archival repositories

Whether you’re an archivist, historian, student, or researcher, this webinar will provide a deeper understanding of how to navigate and develop archival finding aids for effective research and collection management.

📌 Watch now to learn how to access and organize historical collections with finding aids!

🔗 Related Resources:
📂 Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS): https://saa-ts-dacs.github.io/
📜 Library Juice Academy – Archival Description Courses: https://libraryjuiceacademy.com/topic/archives/?post_type=projects
📚 EADiva – Guide to Encoded Archival Description (EAD): https://www.eadiva.com/
📖 Society of American Archivists (SAA) DACS Course (Free for SAA Members): https://www.pathlms.com/saa/courses/4933

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