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Processing Priority Criteria
Dean,
another issue in addition to your list of criteria for attacking the
backlog: existing staff expertise to deal with collection subject. Maybe
you just don't have anyone who can efficiently tackle the papers of a solar
scientist (yet)
another issue: is the collection still growing? do you expect additions in
the near future?
another issue: high profile collections and administrative priorities
another issue: confidentiality/privacy of living correspondents in the
collection
another issue: building on existing collection strengths
We don't have a form like you ask for, but i deal with all those issues in
suggesting and setting processing agendas for the manuscript unit here.
It's a constant juggle to move new collections and to attack the backlog, as
you suggest.
L. Rebecca Johnson Melvin
Special Collections
University of Delaware Library
Newark, DE 19717-5267
lrjm@udel.edu
Dean DeBolt wrote:
> For example, some of my ideas for elements are:
> donor (importance, living, bugging me (pushy?))
> expected research demand (high, normal)
> preservation work needed (poor condition, excellent)
> time to process (estimating at 8 hours per c.f.)
> space requirements (storage)
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