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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Berry" <tberry@hcea.net>
To: "Andris A. Vinovskis" <avinovsk@UMICH.EDU>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: ethics in archives


> The occasional "free to a good home" posting on this list is a very nice
way
> to handle such things. Unwanted items may also be offered for sale, with
the
> funds going into your acquisitions fund.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Thomas Berry, Archivist
> Historical Construction Equipment Association
> 16623 Liberty Hi Road
> Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
> Phone 419-352-5616
> Fax 419-352-6086
> tberry@wcnet.org
> http://www.hcea.net
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andris A. Vinovskis" <avinovsk@UMICH.EDU>
> To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 8:51 AM
> Subject: ethics in archives
>
>
> > Hi I've got question I thought that I'd through out to the vast and
> > knowledgeable collective on this listserv.  In processing collections
what
> > should you do with items that should be deaccessioned?  That is in
> > processing a collection if you run across something that does not fit
with
> > your institutions scope what should you do with the item or items?  The
> > specific case I'm thinking of involved a photocopy of a article dating
> > from the nineteenth century which listed what was served at a fancy
French
> > dinner that took place in France.  In the end, since it was beyond the
> > scope of the institution where I was working at the time, it was not
kept.
> > I was half tempted to take it home with me but did not.  What is the
best
> > course of action in working at an archives and dealing with items out of
> > the repository's collecting focus?  Should items be offered to other
> > institutions, returned to the donor, or just disposed of?  How much of
> > this needs to be in writing?  Any thoughts or suggestions would be of
help
> > as I prepare to return to the field of archives.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > Andris Vinovskis
> > Information Resolution Assistant II
> > Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library
> > University of Michigan
> > avinovsk@umich.edu
> >
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