All, About 50 years ago, the West Virginia and Regional History Collection began collecting state contemporary printed ephemera to include event announcements, event programs, restaurant menus, organizational mailings, brochures (about state parks, artisans, historic sites, etc.), local public radio broadcast schedules, local real estate listings, etc. The quanity of printed ephemera being produced today is much greater than it was fifty years ago. Also, the type of ephmera has changed as well. Are there any other archives (state, local, or university) which are currently collecting their state's contemporary printed ephemera? If so, could you please share your collection development guidelines with me? Is the general consensus that all state-related printed ephemera should be archived? If not, are there categories of contemporary printed ephemera which are considered to be unimportant for historical or research purposes? Thanks in advance for your help, Anna Anna M. Schein, University Librarian and Associate Curator, West Virginia and Regional History Collection West Virginia University Libraries P.O. Box 6069 Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6069 Tele: (304) 293-4040 x 4065 Fax: (304) 293-6638 A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>