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III James Donald Faulkner – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This exploratory and qualitative study examined the appraisal practices of archivists in university special collections, including how archivists define appraisal, decide what to keep and discard, apply a collection policy in their decision process, and contend with problematic aspects of the practice. The first part of this study examined the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Librarians, Librarian Attitudes
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Leanna M. Barcelona; Paula R. Dempsey – College & Research Libraries, 2024
Current literature outlines the importance of--and strategies for--collecting student life material in institutional archives but does not address the inclusion of this material within collecting statements. This study examines publicly available collecting statements from Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions' university archives,…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Archives, College Students, Library Policy