These are the slides from my general intro to AT for students. Since they are primarily responsible for creating resource records, I usually only review other types of records, especially those they won't be able to access. Please note: these were produced for informal, in-house training and reflect local practices.

1. Intro to Archivists’ Toolkit Creating Name and Subject Records, and Searching Accession Records

2. What is Archivists’ Toolkit (AT)? Open-source archival management software Manages information about collections from before acquisition through on-going maintenance following processing Creates various types of reports for different kinds of records Allows linking of different types of records

3. Four Main Types of Records/Modules Name Records Subject Records Future Training Will Cover: Resource Records Digital Object (DOs) Records AT does NOT store the DOs themselves, but metadata about DOs Also allows for links to be exported as part of a completed finding aid

4. Name Records Creating Names Persons Corporate Bodies Family Names Linking Names Filtering and Searching for Names Viewing and Editing Names

5. FYI: Subject Records You probably won’t need to create these often, and if you think you need to, see Kira National Authorities LCSH, AAT, TGN, GMGPC, &c. Local 12 headings based on our major collecting areas Local Subjects Based on collection content

6. Other Types of Records Location Records Assessment Records Deaccession Records

7. Record Relationships Name and Subject Records : Can be linked to Accession, Resource, and Digital Object Records (one-to-many) Accession Records: Can be linked to Resource Records (one-to-many) Can be used to create Resource Records (one-to-one) Digital Object Records: Can be linked to Resource Records (one-to-one) Resource Records cannot be linked to any other types of records

8. AT and Processing Manuals Where to find them: Emailed on Thursday Located in the FORMS_PROCEDURES folder of the shared drive In the blue binder next to the CPU at the Reference Desk Updates to the Processing manual incorporate the use of AT Updates to the AT manual include info on creating notes for Resources and new appendices

9. Getting Help! Ask Kira Please! I’m happy to answer any and all questions In-house Processing and AT manuals AT manual will walk you through the steps for most tasks you be completing Online If all else fails, there is a searchable forum/help at http://archiviststoolkit.org/forum The full AT manual is online at http://archiviststoolkit.org/support