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Re: staples, paperclips and stamps



No How could it be cost effective to pay a group of people to go through a
collection just to do one thing and then turn around and have another group
go through it again.  Sounds to me like double time for the same project.
It is all part of a the job of processing.

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> Sent:         Monday, March 06, 2000 10:33 AM
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> Subject:      staples, paperclips and stamps
>
> Dear Fellow Archivists
>
> I have been asked by my director to research the cost effectiveness of
> having
> a member of our clerical staff go through unprocessed materials prior to
> the
> processing archivist and remove all paper clips, staples, rubber bands and
> other unwanted fasteners.  The thought here is that this will save the
> more
> expensive and valuable time of the processing archivist by using the less
> expensive time of the clerical staff.
>
> We are currently beginning the processing of an enormous collection which
> we
> have 3 full time and 2 part time processors working on.  The clerical
> worker
> would probably spend the better part of their time doing this in order to
> stay ahead of the processors.  We have also started to use a stamp to
> write
> the collection name on the top of every folder.  Again i have been asked
> whether or not the clerical staff should be doing this and stock piling
> the
> folders so that the processing staff does not get bogged down with these
> menial tasks.
>
> i know that this might sound like a prank request but it was put out to me
> in
> all honesty by my director who by the way is not an archivist.  For the
> record i am against the clerical staff removing the fasteners for a
> variety
> of reasons.  What usually works to prove a point though is the opinion of
> my
> fellow archivists.  So any thoughts on this matter would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
>
> Sincerely
> Clipped and stapled
>
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