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Special Collections Repositories at Association of Research Libraries Institutions: A Study of Current Practices in Preservation Management
Special Collections Repositories at Association of Research Libraries Institutions: A Study of Current Practices in Preservation Management
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Walters, Tyler O.
Hanthorn, Ivan E.
Hanthorn, Ivan E.
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This article reports and interprets data collected from a 1995 survey of special collections repositories at Association of Research Libraries institutions. It covers part one of the survey—
current practices in preservation management. One hundred thirteen institutions represented
by 170 archives/manuscripts repositories were asked to participate, of which 143 institutions, or 84.1%, did so. This is the second largest sample of archives' preservation activities ever gathered in the United States. The goals of the study were, first, to create a base of data on the development of archival preservation programs in research institutions and interpret that data and, second, to understand the extent to which the archives and library preservation departments interact in their common mission to ensure the availability of research materials to present and future generations. The study is unique in its investigation
of the interrelationships between the archival repository's and the library's operational
functions. This article recognizes that there is potential for a certain amount of preservation program development and integration between libraries and archives.
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1998
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