68 · Survey Results: Survey Questions And Responses
Anticipated research use. (2 responses)
Archives: staff availability.
Can’t think of a collection that fits this description.
Complexity of collection and/or creating agency.
Complexity of the accession and degree of original order.
Corporate collections homogeneous records very large collections.
Currently, considering especially as we move through large collections.
Depends on what type of collection.
Don’t have time to do folder level, intellectual short cut.
Factors checked above are constantly applied against all levels.
Folder/box contents have a clearly describable relationship to each other.
Homogeneity of material in series, anticipated use and research significance.
Homogeneity of the series.
Homogeneity individual importance of items is generally less important than the significance of the series as a whole.
Homogeneous content and/or pre-arranged folders.
Identification of the genre types, formats, or subjects included as a rationale for level of processing (i.e., correspondence
has greater potential than newspaper clippings, but both are integral portions of collection).
If a collection has series, either originally or that we have created in arrangement most fully processed collections will
have series level “naturally occurring” series in minimally processed collections will receive description.
If a collection is large, we would likely need to/want to include series.
If series are small or homogeneous, then series-level description may be adequate.
If the collection is continuously added to, e.g., university department, patron access needs.
If the collection is university records, series level is the norm.
If the materials can be understood as an aggregate whole at the series-level and researchers will be able to get in the
right neighborhood for their research, then we describe at the series-level. Most minimally processed collections are
series-level.
Importance of materials and anticipated use.
Is the material uniform enough or small enough so that a series scope and content summary represents it adequately?
It is rare for us to use this level and would probably only be used for very large or unprocessed collections.
Maintaining original order.
Often done for.
Other collections with varieties of format or function are identified for series level processing.
Anticipated research use. (2 responses)
Archives: staff availability.
Can’t think of a collection that fits this description.
Complexity of collection and/or creating agency.
Complexity of the accession and degree of original order.
Corporate collections homogeneous records very large collections.
Currently, considering especially as we move through large collections.
Depends on what type of collection.
Don’t have time to do folder level, intellectual short cut.
Factors checked above are constantly applied against all levels.
Folder/box contents have a clearly describable relationship to each other.
Homogeneity of material in series, anticipated use and research significance.
Homogeneity of the series.
Homogeneity individual importance of items is generally less important than the significance of the series as a whole.
Homogeneous content and/or pre-arranged folders.
Identification of the genre types, formats, or subjects included as a rationale for level of processing (i.e., correspondence
has greater potential than newspaper clippings, but both are integral portions of collection).
If a collection has series, either originally or that we have created in arrangement most fully processed collections will
have series level “naturally occurring” series in minimally processed collections will receive description.
If a collection is large, we would likely need to/want to include series.
If series are small or homogeneous, then series-level description may be adequate.
If the collection is continuously added to, e.g., university department, patron access needs.
If the collection is university records, series level is the norm.
If the materials can be understood as an aggregate whole at the series-level and researchers will be able to get in the
right neighborhood for their research, then we describe at the series-level. Most minimally processed collections are
series-level.
Importance of materials and anticipated use.
Is the material uniform enough or small enough so that a series scope and content summary represents it adequately?
It is rare for us to use this level and would probably only be used for very large or unprocessed collections.
Maintaining original order.
Often done for.
Other collections with varieties of format or function are identified for series level processing.
