Name: Can’t Touch This: Mastering Archival Processing in a Virtual Space
Start: 2026-09-11T08:45:00-0600
End: 2026-09-11T09:45:00-0600

Can’t Touch This: Mastering Archival Processing in a Virtual Space

Friday September 11, 2026 8:45am - 9:45am MDT

Captain Catalog Breakout Room 7

As technology advances, so does our ability to teach virtually, but how do you instruct a student to analyze a nineteenth-century collection in detail without the opportunity to physically handle the collection? After adapting an in-person archival experience, I will share how I delivered four virtual practicums with the use of an adapted in-person archival experience. These virtual practicums taught students to thoroughly process and write metadata for two archival collections. I will also discuss the iterative improvements made to my teaching methods to ensure students stayed academically challenged while receiving the necessary scaffolding for success. Attendees will walk away with a scalable framework for hosting virtual practicums that can be applied to various collection types and academic levels.

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Justin Easterday

Research and Instruction Librarian, CSU Pueblo

For the past two years, I have been a virtual practicum supervisor and have continually refined my instructional methods and style. My improvements were based on direct student feedback and on areas that clearly showed gaps during instruction.

Friday September 11, 2026 8:45am - 9:45am MDT
Captain Catalog Breakout Room 7

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