Manuscript Collections on the Web, SPEC Kit 307 (October 2008)

Walton, Donnelly Lancaster

30 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
University Archivist, Technical Services
Archivist
2 65%,
90%
Not
tracked
Donor relations, supervision and training,
reference, teaching, finding aid review,
meetings
Associate Curator Contract Processing
Archivist
2 75%,
100%
0% Associate Curator: Accessioning,
administrative support
Ethiopian Manuscripts Archivist Sontag
Archivist Holling Archivist
3 1% 0%
Archivist 3 20% 5% Reference, outreach, donor cultivation,
exhibits, supervision
Archivist 3 25% 10% Reference, digital work, exhibitions
Archivist 3 25% 10% Various, including administration
Manuscripts Processor 3 50% 5% Reference, Exhibits, Donor Relations,
Office Management, Committees,
Supervise Students
Archivists 3 50% 20% Reference accessioning preservation
University Archivist, PNC-Riggs Project
Archivist, Jack Anderson Papers Project
Archivist
3 75% 25% Donor relations, reference, outreach
University Archivist &Assistant Director
Head of Records Management and Modern
Politics Resources Curator Africana
Resources Librarian/Curator
3 10%,
75%,
25%
0%,
0%,
0%
Administrative reference collection
development
Archival Access Coordinator Processing
Archivist Project Archivist
3 30%,
80%,
100%
10%,
0%,
0%
Archival Access Coordinator: reference
and administrative duties Processing
Archivist: reference and administrative
duties
Head, Arrangement and Description Project
Archivist Media and Oral History Archivist
3 75%,
90%,
5%
0%,
0%,
0%
Administrative and preservation tasks
collection development arranging and
describing other formats managing oral
history projects
Archivist 4 20% 5% Public service, records management, and
acquisitions
Archivist 4 30% 5% 60%
Archivist 4 30% 5% 70%
Archivist 4 50% 25% 25%
Viterbi Family History Archivist
Feuchtwanger Curator Shoah Visual History
Archivist Processing Archivist
4 60% 0% Reference, creation of finding aids,
accessioning, working with donors,
collection maintenance
Archivist 4 75% 25%

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30 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
University Archivist, Technical Services
Archivist
2 65%,
90%
Not
tracked
Donor relations, supervision and training,
reference, teaching, finding aid review,
meetings
Associate Curator Contract Processing
Archivist
2 75%,
100%
0% Associate Curator: Accessioning,
administrative support
Ethiopian Manuscripts Archivist Sontag
Archivist Holling Archivist
3 1% 0%
Archivist 3 20% 5% Reference, outreach, donor cultivation,
exhibits, supervision
Archivist 3 25% 10% Reference, digital work, exhibitions
Archivist 3 25% 10% Various, including administration
Manuscripts Processor 3 50% 5% Reference, Exhibits, Donor Relations,
Office Management, Committees,
Supervise Students
Archivists 3 50% 20% Reference accessioning preservation
University Archivist, PNC-Riggs Project
Archivist, Jack Anderson Papers Project
Archivist
3 75% 25% Donor relations, reference, outreach
University Archivist &Assistant Director
Head of Records Management and Modern
Politics Resources Curator Africana
Resources Librarian/Curator
3 10%,
75%,
25%
0%,
0%,
0%
Administrative reference collection
development
Archival Access Coordinator Processing
Archivist Project Archivist
3 30%,
80%,
100%
10%,
0%,
0%
Archival Access Coordinator: reference
and administrative duties Processing
Archivist: reference and administrative
duties
Head, Arrangement and Description Project
Archivist Media and Oral History Archivist
3 75%,
90%,
5%
0%,
0%,
0%
Administrative and preservation tasks
collection development arranging and
describing other formats managing oral
history projects
Archivist 4 20% 5% Public service, records management, and
acquisitions
Archivist 4 30% 5% 60%
Archivist 4 30% 5% 70%
Archivist 4 50% 25% 25%
Viterbi Family History Archivist
Feuchtwanger Curator Shoah Visual History
Archivist Processing Archivist
4 60% 0% Reference, creation of finding aids,
accessioning, working with donors,
collection maintenance
Archivist 4 75% 25%

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Head, Special Collections &University
Archives
1 25% 0% Manage department, supervise staff and
students, committee work for library and
university
University Archivist 1 25% 25% Management, electronic records,
coordinate with campus administrators
Curator of Collections 1 30% 5% 65%
Archivist 1 30% Reference, Teaching, Supervision, etc.
Archivist, Special Collections 1 50% 0% Reference (book &archival collections),
training &supervision of student/contract
positions
University Archivist /Manuscripts Curator 1 50% 10% Acquisitions, reference, exhibits
Archivist 1 50%
Access Archivist 1 55% 35% Working with student assistants and
reference services
Collections Archivist 1 60% 30% Reference (10%)
Technical Services Archivist 1 70% 20% Computer support and Web site duties
Project Archivist 1 70% 25% Reference
Processing Archivist 1 75% 5% Meeting, reference, correspondence, other
University Archivist Digital Collections
Archivist
2 6% 3% See full description (sent via e-mail)
Archivist, Curator 2 20% 20% Reference, Assessment, Management
Processing Archivist 2 30% 50% Reference, supervision of students,
exhibitions, outreach
Associate and Assistant Archivists 2 30% 10% Acquisitions, reference services
Assistant Archivist 2 50% 5% to
10%
Reference, collection acquisition and
appraisal, instruction, stack management,
preservation, project coordination
Archivist for Collections and Records
Management
2 50% 5% Acquisitions and records management
other duties
Archivist 2 70% 10% 20%
Archivist for Manuscript Collections,
Archivist for Local History, Associate
Director, University Archives
2 80% 10% Reference, donor relations, accessions,
cataloguing, oral history, digital projects
University Archivist and Assistant Archivist 2 20%,
40%
0%,
30%
Outreach, donor cultivation, exhibits,
policy making
Manuscript and Photograph Archivist
Collections Manager
2 50%,
15%
25%,
10%
25%,
75%
Descriptive and Technical Services Archivist/
Research Services Archivist
2 60%,
10%
10%,
0%
Reference, research, professional service

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University Archivist and Associate Professor 4 20%
each
10%
of 1 FTE
Reference, encoding, digitizing, collection
management, supervision of students,
reviewing metadata, copyrights and fees
information
Curator or Archivist 4 5%,
20%,
2%,
20%
5%,
10%,
n/a,
5%
Unit management, user services, outreach,
acquisition of collections, planning
Archivist for Records and Collections
Management, Curator
4 ~25% ~10% Field collection, book selection, reference
duty, records management, exhibit
development, reference inquiry responses,
preservation administration, arrangement
and description of university records
Archivist 5 50% 15% Reference, exhibits, instruction, collection
development
Assistant Archivist, Student Assistants 5 55% 5% The usual
Curator 6 20% 5% Acquisitions, reference, professional
development, creative works
Archivist 7 50–75% 25%
or more
Varies public services exhibitions and
programs supervisory
Senior archives specialist automations
operations archivist classified documents
officer
13 80% 10% Reference miscellaneous
Head of unit/department/library N=35
The head of the unit/department/library does not have responsibility for manuscript collections. N=29
Percentage of time spent on arranging and describing manuscript collections N=35
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
0% 50% 12.32% 10% 11.99
Percentage of time spent on adding manuscript collection information to the Web N=35
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
0% 50% 8.95% 5% 11.78

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Page 113Manuscript Collection Web Sites click to expand contents

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Page 163Web Sites of Collaborative Online Resources click to expand contents

Page 179Arrangement and Description Guidelines click to expand contents

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