154 · Representative Documents: Procedures for Prioritizing Processing
National Library of Medicine
Priorities Selection Form
Score:
Collection number(s):______________________________
1. Circulation statistics for past 5 years
1 =no retrievals
2 =1-4 retrievals
3 =5 or more retrievals
2. Photocopy requests for past years
1 =none
2 =1-49 pages
3 =50 pages or more
3. Existing processing/finding aids
category.
1 =level 2-3
2 =level 4-5
3 =no finding aid
4. Value/Potential Use
1 =1 CD policy attribute
2 =2 CD policy attributes
3 =3+ CD policy attributes
5. Condition
Good
Poor (+10 pts)
1 =1950-2000
2 =1900-1949
3 =pre-1899
6. Collection size
1 =41 or more boxes
2 =20-40 boxes
3 =19 or less
7. External interest
1 =no interest
2 =some interest
3 =high interest
HMD suggested collection?
Yes (+10 pts)
No
8. Primary source vs. secondary
scholarship
(No= -5 pts)
9. Collections and archives of medical
historians, the Library, professional
associations
(Yes= -5 pts)
10. Legal ownership
Yes
No (-10 pts)
11. Significant restrictions on materials
Yes (-10 pts)
No