42 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
Collections Assistant 5 75% 25% Public services
Library Assistants 6 50–75% 25%
or more
Support for archivists; public service and
curatorial support; conservation and
preservation housings;
Assistant Curators; archival assistants 9 20% 5% Supervise students, reference
Manuscripts Processing Specialists;
Library Associates; Collections Support
Technician; University Archives Specialist;
Public Services Specialist; Processing
Assistants; Digitization Assistants
9 60% 20%  
Assistant archivist; assistant curator 11 70% 20% Reference, instruction
Senior archives technician 15 90% 5% Miscellaneous
Student Assistants N=59
There are not student assistants in the unit/department/library or they do not have responsibility for manuscript
collections. N=7
Number of individuals who arrange and describe manuscript collections N=59
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
1 20 5.48 4 4.36
Percentage of time spent on arranging and describing manuscript collections N=58
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
10% 100% 64% 70% 29.82
Percentage of time spent on adding manuscript collection information to the Web N=56
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
0% 100% 9% 0% 17.58