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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
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156 · Representative Documents: Collecting Processing Statistics University of Connecticut Archives &Special Collections (DRC) Monthly Report Archives &Special Collections (DRC) Monthly Report 2009 Administration Meetings Presentations/Events Publications Utilizing our Collections (include publication name and collection) Newly available Collections: (processing and EAD finding aid completed and linked) Newly available EAD finding aids: (collection reprocessed/additions integrated and finding aid encoded) Finding aids cataloged in HOMER: New collections accessioned: Additions to existing collections accessioned: Cataloging: