52 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
Other Units
Respondent Processed Unprocessed
51 1 collection of 1517 manuscripts &116
other single manuscripts
52 344 collections 904 collections
53 7,708,464 items 100,000 items
54 17,000,000 items Depends on definition of processed. Information on
all holdings is in catalog.
Unspecified Unit
Respondent Processed Unprocessed
55 71 76
56 1,000 4,000
57 1,500 800
58 5,700 3,000
59 10,000 3,000
60 11,863
61 27,000 4,500
62 15,000,000 400,000
63 59,000,000 8,800,000
Levels of Description
6. What level of description is included in a print or other traditional finding aid? N=66
Collection-level description 2 3%
Collection-level description with additional items such as
scope note, bio note, and series description 1 2%
Collection-level description with additional items such as
scope note, bio note, series description, and folder lists 48 73%
Other 15 23%