| Description |
xv, 430 pages : forms ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Audience and purpose -- Archival literature -- Terminology -- Overview of academic archives -- Purpose, holdings, and constituencies -- How to use this book -- Notes -- Fundamentals of academic archives -- Definition -- Mission and establishment -- Administrative location -- Holdings -- Personnel -- Space and facilities -- Service goals -- Notes -- Archival theory, procedures, and techniques -- Introduction -- Appraisal -- Documentation strategy, functional analyses, and documentation policies -- Acquisitions practices -- Accessioning -- Arrangement -- Description -- Preservation -- Use -- Space, facilities, and equipment -- Notes -- Special records problems -- Introduction -- Dissertations and theses -- Photographs -- Audiovisual materials -- Architectural records -- Machine-readable records -- Notes --- Special challenges and opportunities in academic archives -- Introduction -- Institutional change and archival classification systems -- Managing the documents of student and faculty organizations -- Students as staff -- Students as users -- Artifacts and memorabilia -- "The eyes of history are upon us" : historical consciousness in higher education -- Notes -- Programmatic activities -- Introduction -- Records management -- Manuscripts programs -- Outreach --- Exhibits -- Oral history -- Notes -- Conclusion : facing the academic world -- Size and resources -- Institutional and professional communities -- Defining a role for the archivist -- Profession and mission -- Notes -- Appendix 1. Management basics : a selective bibliography -- Appendix 2. "Guidelines for college and university archives" -- Appendix 3. "Resolution on theses and dissertations" -- Appendix 4. Bibliography of sources -- Appendix 5. Model archival forms. |
| Subject |
Universities and colleges -- Archives -- Administration.
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Universities and colleges -- United States -- Archives -- Administration.
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Universities and colleges. (OCoLC)fst01161597
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Archives.
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Manuscripts as Topic.
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| Indexed Term |
Universities Archives Management |
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Colleges Archives Management |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Maher, William J. Management of college and university archives. Metuchen, N.J. : Society of American Archivists and Scarecrow Press, 1992 (OCoLC)556811602 |
| ISBN |
0810825686 (alk. paper) |
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9780810825680 (alk. paper) |
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0810839873 (paperback) |
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9780810839878 (paperback) |
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