Add to ORKGAt the Georgia Tech Archives, the collections are typically located on shelves grouped by similar physical formats, such as manuscripts and records, photographs, architectural drawings, and books. The discovery of manuscript materials in the book section was very puzzling and concerning. The archivists had to determine how many other collections would be in the same situation and what other rare Georgia Tech materials would surface. With a small staff (3 archivists at the time, 1 library assistant, and two staff in records management) and 13,000 linear feet of holdings, these just added to the challenges
Whether called “the elephant in the closet” (Mandel 2004, 106) or a “dirty little secret” (Tabb 2004...
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This summer, as the Smith Intern at Special Collections, I was tasked with working on a hodge-podge ...
Responding to the Association of Research Libraries’ call for Special Collection librarians to make ...
There is no shortage of literature discussing processing backlogs in United States repositories and ...
The gradual expansion of the Georgia Institute of Technology ‘s Library and Special Collection has r...
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Remote storage for large collections is becoming common, making those books inaccessible for physica...
Access. Conservation. Records management. Limited resources. It is not surprising to find that archi...
A summary of the Georgia Tech Archives' experiences with the Archivists' Toolkit during the beta tes...
The Wilbur Collection of Vermontiana contains hundreds of unique broadsides that document community ...
Purpose – This paper summarizes the importance of rare materials for academic libraries including de...
The AUC Woodruff Library has been successful in creating digital collections open broadly and widely...
Whether called “the elephant in the closet” (Mandel 2004, 106) or a “dirty little secret” (Tabb 2004...
Item-level description is a luxury few archivists can afford to indulge in as processing has adopted...
This summer, as the Smith Intern at Special Collections, I was tasked with working on a hodge-podge ...
Responding to the Association of Research Libraries’ call for Special Collection librarians to make ...
There is no shortage of literature discussing processing backlogs in United States repositories and ...
The gradual expansion of the Georgia Institute of Technology ‘s Library and Special Collection has r...
Ghosts haunt places like attics, old barns, and university libraries. They live in the minds of rese...
The Poster Presentation will consist of the reasons and steps taken to reevaluate/reprocess the Holt...
In the 21st century, libraries are well aware of the problem of hidden collections and so must seek ...
Remote storage for large collections is becoming common, making those books inaccessible for physica...
Access. Conservation. Records management. Limited resources. It is not surprising to find that archi...
A summary of the Georgia Tech Archives' experiences with the Archivists' Toolkit during the beta tes...
The Wilbur Collection of Vermontiana contains hundreds of unique broadsides that document community ...
Purpose – This paper summarizes the importance of rare materials for academic libraries including de...
The AUC Woodruff Library has been successful in creating digital collections open broadly and widely...
Whether called “the elephant in the closet” (Mandel 2004, 106) or a “dirty little secret” (Tabb 2004...
Item-level description is a luxury few archivists can afford to indulge in as processing has adopted...
This summer, as the Smith Intern at Special Collections, I was tasked with working on a hodge-podge ...