36 · Survey Results: Survey Questions And Responses
Processing priorities are set by the curator responsible for the collecting area that the materials fit in.
Professional archivist staffer
Typically, this is the head curator or archivist.
This is more broadly collaborative, with active participation by professional and support staff again final decisions rest
with administrative staff.
Managing processing activities N=13
Accessioning and Processing Archivist supervises student assistants in processing projects.
Active management of a specific project is assigned to a specific individual, who may coordinate the work of student
assistants or volunteers.
Assistant Head, Preparation Section, who, like the Head of the section, reports to the Assistant Chief and Chief of the
division.
Assistant University Archivist and other professional archival staff
Curator of Manuscripts &Assistant Curator of Manuscripts
Curator of Manuscripts processing archivists
Curators manage the paraprofessionals, students and volunteers who do the processing.
Director of Archives and Research Collections and Archivist Librarian
Manuscripts Librarian
Media &Oral History Archivist and Electronic Records Archivist have responsibility for respective formats.
Professional archivist staffer
Support staff or an associate curator
Technical Services Archivist
6. Please list the title(s) of up to three staff (or team or committee) in this unit/department/library
who have responsibility for developing processing policies, setting processing priorities, and/or
managing processing activities for manuscript and archival materials. Briefly describe this position’s
primary area of decision-making responsibility. Then enter an estimate of the percentage of time
the individual or group spends on each type of activity. N=73
Position Title and Primary Decision-making Responsibility
Position 1: Archivist Responsible for creating, implementing, reporting on, and participating in all of the above, about 30%
of time. Approximately 5% of time within that 30% is given to developing policies and setting priorities.
Position 1: Assistant Archivist for Records and Collections Management Arrangement and Description and
Collections Management.
Processing priorities are set by the curator responsible for the collecting area that the materials fit in.
Professional archivist staffer
Typically, this is the head curator or archivist.
This is more broadly collaborative, with active participation by professional and support staff again final decisions rest
with administrative staff.
Managing processing activities N=13
Accessioning and Processing Archivist supervises student assistants in processing projects.
Active management of a specific project is assigned to a specific individual, who may coordinate the work of student
assistants or volunteers.
Assistant Head, Preparation Section, who, like the Head of the section, reports to the Assistant Chief and Chief of the
division.
Assistant University Archivist and other professional archival staff
Curator of Manuscripts &Assistant Curator of Manuscripts
Curator of Manuscripts processing archivists
Curators manage the paraprofessionals, students and volunteers who do the processing.
Director of Archives and Research Collections and Archivist Librarian
Manuscripts Librarian
Media &Oral History Archivist and Electronic Records Archivist have responsibility for respective formats.
Professional archivist staffer
Support staff or an associate curator
Technical Services Archivist
6. Please list the title(s) of up to three staff (or team or committee) in this unit/department/library
who have responsibility for developing processing policies, setting processing priorities, and/or
managing processing activities for manuscript and archival materials. Briefly describe this position’s
primary area of decision-making responsibility. Then enter an estimate of the percentage of time
the individual or group spends on each type of activity. N=73
Position Title and Primary Decision-making Responsibility
Position 1: Archivist Responsible for creating, implementing, reporting on, and participating in all of the above, about 30%
of time. Approximately 5% of time within that 30% is given to developing policies and setting priorities.
Position 1: Assistant Archivist for Records and Collections Management Arrangement and Description and
Collections Management.
