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

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SPEC Kit 314: Processing Decisions for Manuscripts &Archives · 41
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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SPEC Kit 314: Processing Decisions for Manuscripts &Archives · 41
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: 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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42 · Survey Results: Survey Questions And Responses
Position 1: Head of Special Collections Setting priorities.
Position 2: Manuscripts Librarian Setting priorities, managing day-to-day processing activities.
Position 3: Head of Public Services Managing day-to-day public services activities.
Position 1: Head of Special Collections Responsible for all areas of Special Collections in consultation with other staff.
Position 2: University Archivist University Archives and Faculty Papers.
Position 3: Performing Arts Curator Performing Arts collections and audio-visual collection.
Position 1: Head of Special Collections and Archives Appraisal, level of processing, priority of processing, supervising
archivists, and approving their strategies for all aspects of processing.
Position 2: Archivist Levels of processing work, developing processing plans, processing methods, minor appraisal decisions,
creating policies and procedures.
Position 3: Archival Collections Assistant Develop projects for student assistants and supervise their work Levels of
processing work, developing processing plans, processing methods, minor appraisal decisions.
Position 1: Head, Special Collections Developing priorities maintaining standards.
Position 2: Collections Manager Managing activities and developing processing policies.
Position 3: Manuscript Archivist Managing activities.
Position 1: Head, Special Collections &University Archives Overall responsibility we established core policies several
years ago, so current activity is largely maintenance and review.
Position 2: Assistant Head, Special Collections &University Archives General responsibility, particularly for shaping
recommendations to head.
Position 3: Department Manager Identifies problem areas, blockages, etc., and (may) recommend solutions.
Position 1: Head, Special Collections &University Archives Appraisal, selection, description, and preservation of
collections overall management of department.
Position 2: Special Collections Librarian For photographs participates in general collection access.
Position 3: Coordinator Special Collections For university-related collections.
Position 1: Head, Special Collections and Archives Policy development processing priorities, especially for non University
Archives collections.
Position 2: University Archivist Processing priorities, especially for University Archives collections.
Position 3: Special Collections Librarian Managing activities.
Position 1: Head, Special Collections and University Archives Has input on everything.
Position 2: Head of Collections Has input on everything.
Position 3: University Archivist Has input on everything.
Position 1: Head, Wilson Library Special Collections Technical Services Department Policies, priorities.
Position 2: Manuscripts Processing Coordinator Managing, policies, priorities.
Position 3: University Archives Processing Coordinator Managing, policies, priorities.
Position 1: Interim Assistant Head of Cataloging/Head of Spencer Processing Develop policies, set priorities,
manage activities.
Position 2: Coordinator of Manuscript Processing Manage activities, set priorities.

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Page 137Processing Procedures Manuals click to expand contents

Page 143Processing Worksheets click to expand contents

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