92 · Survey Results: Survey Questions And Responses
In consultation with Special Collections Cataloging, which is part of the cataloging department of the libraries.
In person during training. Via consultation in meetings as needed.
Oral instruction and following precedents.
Orally by supervisor, or by manual.
Part of staff training.
SAA, EAD, OAC, National Archivist Standards, staff meetings, and training.
Staff meetings, e-mail, training sessions.
Team/project discussions, by supervisors, and in department-wide meetings.
The existing processing manual is out of date. An EAD manual is in the planning stages.
The Head of Archival Processing communicates local standard practices orally, via written plans, or through e-mail.
Through one-on-one training and some locally produced handouts.
Training materials and guidelines.
Verbally and by demonstration and example. The librarians in charge of each collecting area are free to exercise their
own best judgment.
Verbally with hands-on instruction. (4 responses)
We have biweekly staff meetings and we discuss workflow and processing concerns at those meetings. With only 1.5
catalogers on staff it is very difficult to get collections processed to the item level. We concentrate on 2 collections —
Peabody Awards and WSB Newsfilm — those are the most used collections we have.
We have sets of instructions for individual steps in processing, from description to preservation.
We use RAD (Rules for Archival Description).
Written policies and practice are currently being revised for use by staff.
13. Does your unit/department/library have an in-house processing procedures manual for
manuscripts and archives? N=70
Yes 52 74%
No 18 26%
14. Is there a document that lists the workflow steps for “processing” a collection? N=71
Yes 51 72%
No 20 28%
In consultation with Special Collections Cataloging, which is part of the cataloging department of the libraries.
In person during training. Via consultation in meetings as needed.
Oral instruction and following precedents.
Orally by supervisor, or by manual.
Part of staff training.
SAA, EAD, OAC, National Archivist Standards, staff meetings, and training.
Staff meetings, e-mail, training sessions.
Team/project discussions, by supervisors, and in department-wide meetings.
The existing processing manual is out of date. An EAD manual is in the planning stages.
The Head of Archival Processing communicates local standard practices orally, via written plans, or through e-mail.
Through one-on-one training and some locally produced handouts.
Training materials and guidelines.
Verbally and by demonstration and example. The librarians in charge of each collecting area are free to exercise their
own best judgment.
Verbally with hands-on instruction. (4 responses)
We have biweekly staff meetings and we discuss workflow and processing concerns at those meetings. With only 1.5
catalogers on staff it is very difficult to get collections processed to the item level. We concentrate on 2 collections —
Peabody Awards and WSB Newsfilm — those are the most used collections we have.
We have sets of instructions for individual steps in processing, from description to preservation.
We use RAD (Rules for Archival Description).
Written policies and practice are currently being revised for use by staff.
13. Does your unit/department/library have an in-house processing procedures manual for
manuscripts and archives? N=70
Yes 52 74%
No 18 26%
14. Is there a document that lists the workflow steps for “processing” a collection? N=71
Yes 51 72%
No 20 28%
