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Re: Real world of way behind archives...



> You need to be careful when letting patrons look at unproccessed materials
> because you have no way of knowing whether something is missing after the
> patron is finished.  I know that is a bit cynical but...
>
I always say it's because the donor might have established an
original order, and you don't want to disturb that; you know how
important an archival principle "original order" is, right up there with
"when in doubt, transfer out," and "out of sight, out of mind."

Of course I don't trust patrons to look through unprocessed
collections; sorry if it's cynical, that's the way it is.  If you say it's
because of "original order" you don't sound as cynical as you
probably feel.


Roy Webb, C.A.
Multimedia Archivist
Special Collections
J. Willard Marriott Library
295 South 1500 East
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah   84112
(801) 585-3073  //  fax (801) 585-3976
rwebb@library.utah.edu

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