Reappraisal and Deaccessioning in Archives and Special Collections (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Jackson, Laura Uglean

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Archivists and archival institutions are reappraising and deaccessioning now more than ever before. Archival reappraisal and deaccessioning have become vital tools for managing archival collections. Reappraisal and Deaccessioning in Archives and Special Collections is the first book dedicated entirely to the topic of reappraising and deaccessioning in special collections and archives. This edited volume features 13 chapters offering informed opinions, practical recommendations, and valuable examples for reappraising and deaccessioning. Readers will gain important insight into the most important element of reappraisal and deaccessioning: decision-making. Through mostly case studies, the chapters address important issues inherent in these practices including: ethical concerns, donor relations, appraisal questions, and disposition options. The case studies cover collaborative and solo projects, various material types such as manuscripts, records, and artifacts, and a range of scenarios from major projects involving thousands of linear feet of material to ad hoc projects removing single items. Chapter topics include: weeding vs. deaccessioning, getting rid of contaminated materials, donor-driven deaccessioning, and using reappraisal and deaccessioning to improve access to existing collections. Readers will find beneficial information on streamlining workflows, carrying out procedures, creating policies, and implementing these practices locally. Additionally, the chapters cover the intricacies of disposition options, such as transferring to other institutions, returning material to donors, and destruction. This volume can serve as a valuable resource for large and small repositories, experienced and novice archivists, and those working with manuscript and archive collections.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538116029
• Artikelnr.: 57078766

Autorenporträt

Laura Uglean Jackson began her career in archives at the University of Wyoming's American Heritage Center (AHC) on a grant-funded reappraisal and deaccessioning project. Since then, she has been an avid proponent of reappraisal and deaccessioning, chairing the Society of American Archivists team that created the Guidelines for Reappraisal and Deaccessioning and publishing and presenting on the topic. Following a seven-year long career at the AHC, she became Assistant University Archivist at the University of California Irvine. She has been Archives and Special Collections Librarian at the University of Northern Colorado since September 2017. She holds a BA in Art History from Colorado State University and an MS in Library and Information Science from Simmons College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1. Good Intentions: Distinguishing Deaccessioning from Weeding
Marcella Huggard
Chapter 2. Developing a Set of Principles for Deaccessioning in the
Archives
Sue Luftschein and Steve Hanson
Chapter 3. Deaccessioning in Hybrid Archives and Museum Collections at the
University of Florida
John Nemmers, Matthew Armstrong, Elizabeth Bouton, Kristin Conwill, and
Lourdes Santamaría-Wheeler
Chapter 4. Clear Policies, Full Transparency, Can't Lose: Reappraisal and
Deaccessioning at UCLA University Archives
Katharine Lawrie
Chapter 5. Burns Like Prairie Fire: Improving Access to University Records
through Reappraisal
Cliff Hight
Chapter 6. Improving Access to Ontario's Documentary Heritage:
Deaccessioning at the Archives of Ontario
Emily Chicorli, Aaron Hope, and Sean Smith
Chapter 7. Implementing a Reappraisal Workflow at the State Archives of
North Carolina
Carie Chesarino and Kelly Policelli
Chapter 8. Big, Bad, and Boring: The Comptroller's Collection at the NYC
Municipal Archives
Todd Gilbert and Rachel Greer
Chapter 9. Reappraisal and Deaccessioning: Applying 'a dangerous practice'
in New Zealand
Elizabeth Charlton
Chapter 10. A Gentleman's Agreement: Donor-driven Deaccessioning and Ethics
of Collecting
Adriana Cuervo
Chapter 11. "Your Cooperation Has Been Splendid in this Matter": Returning
a Selected Portion of a Living Donor's Personal Papers
Ruth Bryan
Chapter 12. So Happy Apart: Stewarding a Collection to its Ideal
Institution
Vin Novara
Chapter 13. The Deaccession and Transfer of the KOVR-TV News Film
Collection
Dylan McDonald and Julie Thomas