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FW: Processing question



Island County Records and Information Services
 e-mail to asefairfax@co.island.wa.us

 Thoughts and opinions expressed here are my own.

> ----------
> From:         A.S.E. Fairfax
> Sent:         Thursday, November 08, 2001 1:30 PM
> To:   'DSokolow@NSHS.EDU'
> Subject:      RE: Processing question
>
> Hi Daniel--
> What would you do with any possible releases that cover more than one
> facility?  For this reason, I believe that since the operation has been
> centralized there is some value in keeping the press releases together and
> then indexing by facility.  Any related issues that crop up pertaining to
> (seemingly) individual facilities, may, if kept together, provide a
> broader context which highlights similarity in issues and events, or any
> common connections between the facilities. Might be important to a
> researcher.  Just a thought.
>
> Elizabeth Fairfax, MA, CA
> Director
> Island County Records and Information Services
>  e-mail to asefairfax@co.island.wa.us
>
>  Thoughts and opinions expressed here are my own.
>
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> From:         Daniel Sokolow[SMTP:DSokolow@NSHS.EDU]
> Reply To:     DSokolow@NSHS.EDU
> Sent:         Thursday, November 08, 2001 11:16 AM
> To:   ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject:      Processing question
>
> Given a choice, how would others deal with the following situation?
>
> We have several hospitals in the Health System, each of which at some
> point
> was their own separate entity, with its own PR department.  I've divided
> our
> collections by facility, so Hosp A. will have a collection of press
> releases, Hosp B will too, etc.
>
> Now that we're a unified System, the central PR office is producing all
> the
> Releases, and putting out facility-specific information on that facility's
> stationery.  Do those releases belong with the central office's materials,
> or should they be separated out & included with the facility's other
> materials?
>
> My inclination is the latter, as anyone interested in the individual
> facility will naturally head to that collection.  I understand that the
> function lies with the central office, but it just doesn't seem logical to
> approach a search for information about a specific facility under the
> files
> of the central office.
>
> Opinions?
>
> DS
>
> ______________________________________
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> David Taylor Archives
> North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
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