22 · Survey Results: Survey Questions And Responses
University of Toronto Archives
Walter J. Brown Media Archives &Peabody Awards Collection
Western Archives
Western History Collections
William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections
Wilson Library Special Collections Technical Services Department
Definition of Processing Terms
2. Does your library have an established definition of the terms “fully processed,” “minimally
processed,” and/or “unprocessed” as they relate to manuscript and archival materials in the library
collections? Check all that apply. N=75
N Yes
N=70
No
N=20
Fully processed 75 65 10
Minimally processed 71 53 20
Unprocessed 74 70 5
3. If you answered Yes above, please enter a brief definition of the term. N=69
Fully processed material N=64
100% of material is processed.
A finding aid and “I-level” MARC record exist.
Accession record full inventory with creator sketch, scope and content, container list, and indexes MARC record and
online EAD finding aid.
Accessioned, cleaned, preservation work, foldered, boxed, file level inventory, completed finding aid which is mounted
on Department’s Web site.
All arrangement, description, and preservation steps completed.
Appraised, separated material removed, arranged (series-subseries-folder schema), and described in a finding aid and a
MARC record.
Archives: fully arranged and described and for which there is a RAD-compliant inventory RBSC: online and accessible by
public.
Arranged and described (MARC record and finding aid).
Arranged and described with EAD encoded finding aids.
Arranged, described, inventory and finding aid available.