[SOA] arrangement/classification of library archives

[Emily Lockhart]

Hi Lisa,

I have seen organizational archives from an academic library that were
organized into sub-groups based on library director.  Then series within.
So it would look like this:
Record Group: Library
Sub-group: Library Director 1
Series: Correspondence
Series: Subject Files
Sub-group: Library Director 2
Series: Correspondence
Series: Subject Files

This may not work in all situations, depending on how the organizational
records come to you.  It could help with additions though, because new
records are added on to the end, rather than being interfiled in already
established series.

Emily


Emily Gainer

Special Collections Librarian/Assistant Processing Archivist

Center for the History of Psychology

The University of Akron

73 College Street

Akron, OH 44325-4302

330-972-8147
www.uakron.edu/chp


On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Lisa Rickey <
LRickey at daytonmetrolibrary.org> wrote:

>  Hello, I am interested in hearing about how other public libraries
> handle their organizational archives (i.e., materials *about* the
> library, not special collections or local history), particularly the
> arrangement or classification system used for filing the materials.
>
> A few years ago, our library's organiational archives was processed as
> though it were a finite collection, with a published and bound finding aid.
> This makes it very difficult to add new materials, so I am looking for
> ideas about how other libraries handle their institutional archives.
>
> Thank you!
> Lisa Rickey
>
>
> Lisa P. Rickey
> Archivist & Reference Librarian
> Dayton Metro Library
> 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH 45402
> (937) 496-8681
> lrickey at daytonmetrolibrary.org
>
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