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Re: Help needed



Date sent:              Thu, 1 Feb 2001 08:40:59 -0700
Send reply to:          "Richard G. King Jr." <kingr@U.ARIZONA.EDU>
From:                   "Richard G. King Jr." <kingr@U.ARIZONA.EDU>
Organization:           University of Arizona
Subject:                Re: Help needed
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> Thomas,
> If your Director wants it you want it.  I think you should not worry about
> misrepresenting yourself and go for it.  There are a few caveats though.
> Does this material fit your collection?  Do individual board members have
> the charge to solicit collections without full board discussion of the
> space and money considerations?  What did the original donor expect when
> the collection was given to the other group.  Did they expect cataloging
> and access?  My feeling is that if this is a good collection for you take
> it in and use it as a lever for staff and facilities.  I guess I would
> make it plain to the board (in writing) the costs that this acquisition
> will engender; i.e., moving and handling, storage, inventory, perhaps
> reboxing, some preliminary appraisal, ultimate cataloging, etc.  Also
> detail what this means in terms of your time and work deferred from other
> projects.  I know it looks overwhelming now but there may be ways to
> leverage the collection for some processing money from industry or other
> sources or if access demands become high.  I guess I'm of the mind to take
> it in if it enhances your collection.  Not much wisdom there I'm afraid.
> Dick King
>
> Thomas Berry wrote:
>
> > Good afternoon again!
> >
> > I am once again in need of the collective wisdom of the list.
>
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