Processing Decisions for Manuscripts & Archives, SPEC Kit 314 (November 2009)

Hackbart-Dean, Pam; Slomba, Elizabeth

40 · Survey Results: Survey Questions And Responses
Position 1: Curator of Manuscripts/Unit Head Develops policies.
Position 2: University Archivist Sets priorities.
Position 3: Assistant Curator of Manuscripts Managing activities.
Position 1: Department Head Developing processing policies setting processing priorities managing processing activities
Position 2: Collections Archivist Developing processing policies setting processing priorities managing processing
activities.
Position 3: Library Assistant IV Managing processing activities.
Position 1: Department Head Setting priorities managing processing activities.
Position 2: Manuscripts Librarian (2 Positions) Managing processing activities developing processing policies setting
priorities.
Position 3: Archivist Managing processing activities setting priorities.
Position 1: Department Head Developing processing policies.
Position 2: Senior Archivist Other duties.
Position 3: Archivist Managing processing activities.
Position 1: Department Head and Archivist, Hawaii Congressional Papers Collection (on leave) Developing
policies.
Position 2: University Archivist Setting priorities.
Position 3: Library Assistant Managing activities.
Position 1: Director To oversee processing of department and working with cataloging and preservation.
Position 2: Archivist Determining processing priorities for unit overseeing processing of collections by staff and students
identifying preservation and cataloging issues.
Position 3: Library Specialist Processing collections and overseeing work of students.
Position 1: Director Collection development and collection management for rare books, manuscripts, University archives, and
non-book special collections.
Position 2: Assistant Director Collection development and collection management for rare books, manuscripts, University
archives, and non-book special collections.
Position 3: Archivist
Position 1: Director Developing policies/setting priorities.
Position 2: Supervisory Archivist Developing policy/setting priorities/managing activities.
Position 3: University Archivist Developing policy/setting priorities/managing activities
Position 1: Director of Special Collections and University Archivist Policies, priorities, activities.
Position 2: Associate Director of Special Collections and University Archivist Policies, priorities, activities
Position 3: Public Services Archivists Policies, priorities, activities.
Position 1: Director of the Archives Developing policies, managing processing activities.
Position 2: Associate Archivist Managing processing activities, setting processing priorities.
Position 3: Assistant Archivist Managing processing activities, setting processing priorities.

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40 · Survey Results: Survey Questions And Responses
Position 1: Curator of Manuscripts/Unit Head Develops policies.
Position 2: University Archivist Sets priorities.
Position 3: Assistant Curator of Manuscripts Managing activities.
Position 1: Department Head Developing processing policies setting processing priorities managing processing activities
Position 2: Collections Archivist Developing processing policies setting processing priorities managing processing
activities.
Position 3: Library Assistant IV Managing processing activities.
Position 1: Department Head Setting priorities managing processing activities.
Position 2: Manuscripts Librarian (2 Positions) Managing processing activities developing processing policies setting
priorities.
Position 3: Archivist Managing processing activities setting priorities.
Position 1: Department Head Developing processing policies.
Position 2: Senior Archivist Other duties.
Position 3: Archivist Managing processing activities.
Position 1: Department Head and Archivist, Hawaii Congressional Papers Collection (on leave) Developing
policies.
Position 2: University Archivist Setting priorities.
Position 3: Library Assistant Managing activities.
Position 1: Director To oversee processing of department and working with cataloging and preservation.
Position 2: Archivist Determining processing priorities for unit overseeing processing of collections by staff and students
identifying preservation and cataloging issues.
Position 3: Library Specialist Processing collections and overseeing work of students.
Position 1: Director Collection development and collection management for rare books, manuscripts, University archives, and
non-book special collections.
Position 2: Assistant Director Collection development and collection management for rare books, manuscripts, University
archives, and non-book special collections.
Position 3: Archivist
Position 1: Director Developing policies/setting priorities.
Position 2: Supervisory Archivist Developing policy/setting priorities/managing activities.
Position 3: University Archivist Developing policy/setting priorities/managing activities
Position 1: Director of Special Collections and University Archivist Policies, priorities, activities.
Position 2: Associate Director of Special Collections and University Archivist Policies, priorities, activities
Position 3: Public Services Archivists Policies, priorities, activities.
Position 1: Director of the Archives Developing policies, managing processing activities.
Position 2: Associate Archivist Managing processing activities, setting processing priorities.
Position 3: Assistant Archivist Managing processing activities, setting processing priorities.

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Position 1: Director Walter J. Brown Media Archives &Peabody Awards Collection Over-all direction of the
department.
Position 2: Media Archives Archivist Preservation and processing of non-Peabody awards materials.
Position 3: Peabody Awards Archivist Processing and cataloging of the Peabody awards collection.
Position 1: Director/Department Head Setting priorities.
Position 2: Head of Arrangement and Description Developing processing policy.
Position 3: Media &Oral History Archivist Developing processing policy.
Position 1: Head of Archival Processing and Cataloging Curator of Transportation History Collection Develops
policies and approaches incorporating new concepts and technology accept graduate student interns select appropriate
collections supervise appraisal arrangement and description.
Position 2: Director of Special Collections Library Develops policies manages budgets sets priorities.
Position 3: Team: Special Collections Curators Assist in setting priorities.
Position 1: Head of Archives and Special Collections Overall administration of department including staff, strategic
planning, collections, setting priorities, etc.
Position 2: Processing and Public Services Archivist Helps write policies, procedures, workflows for processing, helps set
priorities, oversees support staff and students who process.
Position 3: Special Projects Archivist Processes collections, prioritizes special manuscript collections for processing.
Position 1: Head of Collection Development and Description Developing processing policies, setting processing
priorities.
Position 2: Manuscripts Cataloger Developing processing policies, setting processing priorities, managing.
Position 3: Manuscripts Processor Developing processing policies, setting processing priorities, managing.
Position 1: Head of Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Unit Policies and high-level priorities for all
collecting areas.
Position 2: University Archivist University Archives—all aspects.
Position 3: Manuscripts Librarian Manuscript collections—all aspects.
Position 1: Head of Special Collections Developing policies, setting priorities.
Position 2: Curator of Rare Books Developing policies, setting priorities.
Position 3: Library Technician Managing activities.
Position 1: Head of Special Collections Provides leadership and direction for Special Collections, allocates resources to
processing and has final say on policies and priorities for processing.
Position 2: Head of Technical Services for Special Collections Has primary responsibility for processing manuscript
collections and university archives. Develops policies, sets priorities, manages processing activities.
Position 3: University Archivist Consults on policies and priorities for University Archives. Cooperates in managing
processing activities for University Archives.
Position 1: Head of Special Collections
Position 2: Librarian
Position 3: Support Staff

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Position 1: Archivist Processing priorities, acquisitions activities.
Position 2: Associate Head, Collections and Records Management Policy and management of collections.
Position 3: Reference Archivist Processing priorities and developing.
Position 1: Archivist Input on processing policies, identification of new collections, processing of collections.
Position 2: Library Information Specialist 3 EAD finding aid encoding and collection processing.
Position 3: Director of the Center for Southwest Research Policy development, collection development, processing
priorities and input on processing activities.
Position 1: Archivist for Manuscript Collections Leads development of priorities for unprocessed collection, trains
interns and project staff in processing techniques, oversees interns and project staff, engages in discussions of methodological
alternatives.
Position 2: Acting Director/Associate Director Participates in prioritization discussions, assists in oversight of interns
and student workers, makes processing decisions with respect to specific collections, directs staff toward consideration and
adoption of new standards (MPLP, DACS) and evaluates progress in these areas, edits finding aids with an eye to DACS
compliance.
Position 3: Office Manager Trains and oversees student workers engaged in processing activities, selects and assigns
appropriate collections to students for processing work, participates in prioritization discussions, engages in discussions of
methodological alternatives.
Position 1: Assistant Department Chair Manuscripts Creates and monitors policies for processing manuscript and
archival collections.
Position 2: L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators Ratifies and approves all policies related to the
processing of manuscript collections reviews processing plans for high profile collections.
Position 3: Curator Sets processing priorities and manages the processing of archival and manuscript collections.
Position 1: Curator of Manuscripts Acquisition, arrangement &description, preservation, reference, and outreach of all
manuscripts.
Position 2: Assistant Curator of Manuscripts Processing and cataloging development and maintenance of cataloging
protocols training and supervising other manuscript processors and catalogers.
Position 3: Manuscripts Cataloger (permanent, part-time position) The arrangement and description of assigned
manuscript collections.
Position 1: Curator of Manuscripts For all manuscript and archival processing units: Setting priorities, developing
policies, managing processing of archivist and support staff primarily through quality control and assigning work in addition
to processing related duties, responsible for collection development and donor relations and assist in overall management of
Special Collections, 2nd to head of special collections.
Position 2: Library Associate University Archives For University Archives only: managing processing activities of
subordinate support staff in University Archives and student assistants setting processing priorities and policies in consultation
with Curator of Manuscripts.
Position 3: Manuscripts Processing Archivist For Manuscripts only: manages processing activities of graduate assistants.
Position 1: Curator of Manuscripts Yes.
Position 2: Manuscripts Cataloger/Processing Archivist No.
Position 3: Head of Technical Services Yes.

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