Having worked for many (16 years) in a Library Special Collections/Archives, I eventually worked with a lot of genealogists. In many cases old yearbooks were the only source and VERY important to researchers. We often sent them to universities for a search through yearbooks for the kind of "fleshing out" information yearbooks can provide.
I don't know if this will be a substantial arguement from your institution's standpoint, but it's something to think about.
Tina

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> Are folks on the listserv willing to share their ideas on the historic 
> value of publishing a college yearbook and ways in which yearbooks are 
> used by various offices on a college campus. Our institution has 
> published a yearbook since 1925 (except for a 5 year span when it was 
> pushed aside because of budget constaints) and now wants several offices 
> on campus (including the archives) to justify why a yearbook is a valuable 
> resource. The claim is that students are not interested, it costs too much 
> money, can't find students to work on it, it is difficult to get a 
> faculty/staff moderator, etc.etc......I have a list of reasons why it 
> should continue, but I would like others to respond with their own 
> experiences with this issue. 
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