My suggestion would be to produce a
bibliography, with information on your library’s holdings of the cited
journals included. Then toss the photocopies. Catalog the bibliography and
you are done.
Kim Allen Scott
Special Collections Librarian
From: Archives &
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Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006
8:52 AM
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Subject: Another question about
photocopies...
We have an interesting situation in our special collections
department. A "collection" of photocopies of a particular
author's writings (primarily journal articles) has been created and maintained
for a number of years. These are not off-prints- just photocopies of the
published article that he sends to us upon publication. Over time, a
colleague of mine has been placing the items in a box identified only by the
author's name. While I'm of the opinion to toss this
"collection," there is reasonable argument for keeping the articles
since they relate to our primary collecting focus. My question, for those
of you who've encountered similar quandaries (or who just have a good
opinion!), is: What's the best way for providing access to the individual
articles within the collection? Our cataloguer is adamant about not
cataloguing the items individually, and I am wont to
agree. Additionally, we do not (currently) have a website for
posting an electronic finding aid. Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance,
tomaro
Special Collections/Latin American &
USF
(813) 974-5750
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