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n. ~ minimal processing to arrange and describe archival series and collections in order to reduce or avoid backlogs
Abbreviation
MPLP
Note
Minimal processing generally retains staples and other fasteners in collections, keeps original folders, relies on minimal descriptions and keeps the original physical arrangement of the collections, including keeping newspaper clippings and photographs in situ.
Cited In
Gilliland, Anne J., Conceptualizing 21st-Century Archives (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2014): 127.
Greene, Mark A., "MPLP: It's Not Just for Processing Anymore," The American Archivist 73 (Spring/Summer 2010): 175‒176.
Greene, Mark A., and Meissner, Dennis, "More Product, Less Process: Revamping Traditional Archival Processing," The American Archivist 68 (Fall/Winter 2005): 208‒263.
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