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Re: Aquisition Policy approval



Please post the responses to the list.  Thanks.
Julie Holcomb

"Happy, Elizabeth" wrote:

> Dear Archivists,
> I am starting up an archives for a small university. I have written the
> draft of an aquisitions policy which I present to the Dean of the Library
> tomorrow. My question is this: should we present the final aquisition policy
> to the university Board of Trustees? Or, form a library committee to review
> it? I understand that  the policy needs some kind of authority behind it in
> order to be enforceable. My research has shown me that other universities
> have had their board approve their policy. However, from my inventory of our
> archives, many of the collections [odd boxes] that I wish to discourage in
> the future have come from trustees. Does this argue the case for the Board
> approval, or are there steps in the process needed to prepare them before
> the policy is brought up. The Archives will experience a space shortage very
> quickly [in fact it is already upon us] if we continue to accept these attic
> donations rather than a collecting focus.
> Thank you for sharing your experience with me. I appreciate it.
> Elizabeth Happy
> ehappy@regis.edu
>
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