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

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Department Head 10% 10% Donor relations, strategic planning, collection
development
University Archivist 10% 15% Reference, outreach, collection development for the
university archives, and supervisory, administrative, and
budgetary duties.
Head, Special Collections &University
Archives
10% 20% Administration, reference, instruction, collection
development
Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts 10% 20% Reference, instruction, collection development,
outreach, public service, supervision
Director of Special Collections, Archives
&Rare Books
10% 25% Administering the archives and the other department in
the Division
Head of Rare Books and Special
Collections
15% 15% Administrative, bibliographer, collection development
Program Manager 15% 25% 60%
Curator of Manuscripts 15% 30% Acquisitions, reference, teaching
Head, Archives &Visual Materials
Cataloging
20%
or less
25%
or more
Administrative supervisory training policies and
procedures quality control database management
grant-writing
Director 20% 0% Administration
Head of Historical Collections and
Labor Archives
20% 10% .7 FTE Administrative supervision, collection
development, reference, research, service
University Archivist (and unit 2 Head,
Rare Books &Special Collections)
25% 0% Administration
Head, Special Collections &University
Archives
25% 0% Manage department, supervise staff and students,
committee work for library and university
Head of Special Collections 25% 5% Administration, acquisitions, development, reference,
exhibits
Curator 25% 50% Supervising archivists’ processing collection
development digital projects/architecture development
cataloging institution-wide committees
Head, Archives &Manuscripts
Department
30% 0% The usual
Head, Collections Processing and Visual
Materials Section
45% 30% Supervision, training
Head Special Collections 50% 10%

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SPEC Kit 307: Manuscript Collections on the Web · 33
Department Head 10% 10% Donor relations, strategic planning, collection
development
University Archivist 10% 15% Reference, outreach, collection development for the
university archives, and supervisory, administrative, and
budgetary duties.
Head, Special Collections &University
Archives
10% 20% Administration, reference, instruction, collection
development
Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts 10% 20% Reference, instruction, collection development,
outreach, public service, supervision
Director of Special Collections, Archives
&Rare Books
10% 25% Administering the archives and the other department in
the Division
Head of Rare Books and Special
Collections
15% 15% Administrative, bibliographer, collection development
Program Manager 15% 25% 60%
Curator of Manuscripts 15% 30% Acquisitions, reference, teaching
Head, Archives &Visual Materials
Cataloging
20%
or less
25%
or more
Administrative supervisory training policies and
procedures quality control database management
grant-writing
Director 20% 0% Administration
Head of Historical Collections and
Labor Archives
20% 10% .7 FTE Administrative supervision, collection
development, reference, research, service
University Archivist (and unit 2 Head,
Rare Books &Special Collections)
25% 0% Administration
Head, Special Collections &University
Archives
25% 0% Manage department, supervise staff and students,
committee work for library and university
Head of Special Collections 25% 5% Administration, acquisitions, development, reference,
exhibits
Curator 25% 50% Supervising archivists’ processing collection
development digital projects/architecture development
cataloging institution-wide committees
Head, Archives &Manuscripts
Department
30% 0% The usual
Head, Collections Processing and Visual
Materials Section
45% 30% Supervision, training
Head Special Collections 50% 10%

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34 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
Librarian(s) N=35
Number of individuals who arrange and describe manuscript collections N=35
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
1 5 1.87 1 1.13
Percentage of time spent on arranging and describing manuscript collections N=34
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
0% 100% 25% 15% 27.07
Percentage of time spent on adding manuscript collection information to the Web N=34
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
0% 65% 12% 5% 16.09
Position Title(s) Other Duties
Assistant Professor of Digital Projects 1 0% 50% Teaching, manuscript editing,
Web site editor, student project
coordinator
Librarian 1 0.05% 25% Catalog manuscripts, reference,
supervise students, create
metadata administer book
collection
Special Collections Librarian 1 0.25% 0%
Head, Technical Services for Special
Collections Curator and Assistant
Head Digital Programs Librarian
Exhibits and Outreach Librarian
1 2.50% 2.50%
Number
of
individuals
Arranging
and
Describing
Adding
MSS
information
to
Web

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32 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
Position Title Other Duties
Associate Director 0% 5% Administration, management, reference, instruction,
cataloging, donor relations
Head, Special Collections 1% 0% Personnel management, supervision, and evaluation,
division planning, donor relations, project management,
meetings, reference desk, teaching
Head of Technical Services, Lilly Library 1% 2% 97%
Director 2% 0% Administration, collection development, public services
Director 2% 0% Collections development donor relations outreach
administrative tasks
Head, Special Collections and Archives 2% 5% Administer and oversee all functions of the department
Curator 3% 0% Reference and administrative
Department Head, Special Collections 5% 0% Administrative duties as department head
Head, Archives &Special Collections 5% 0% Administration
Director 5% 2% Reference, digital work, exhibitions, administrative
work, grant applications, meeting donors and
booksellers, professional organizations
Head of Special Collections 5% 5%
Department Chair 5% 5% Manage the department
Head, Special Collections and University
Archives
5% 7% 88%
Interim University Archivist 5% 0% Administrative
Associate Dean for Collections and
Services and Director
10% 0% Administrative collection development fund raising
Head and Congressional Papers
Archivist
10% 5% Management, correspondence, meetings, planning, etc.
Manuscripts Librarian 10% 5% Acquisitions, donor relations, committees, exhibits,
organizing symposia/events, supervise staff
Arranging
and
Describing
Adding
MSS
Information
to
Web

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Page 113Manuscript Collection Web Sites click to expand contents

Page 137Finding Aid Web Sites click to expand contents

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

Page 179Arrangement and Description Guidelines click to expand contents

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