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Peer reviewedConnors, Thomas James – Library Trends, 2002
Reviews efforts by academic research institutions to capture and preserve archival records of American labor institutions, focusing on a recent project to assess the state of labor archives efforts and the challenges facing union officials and labor archivists. Describes the Labor Archives Project (LAP), including the research methodology and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Higher Education, Preservation
Peer reviewedCloud, Patricia D. – Library Trends, 1988
Reviews the experiences of 12 research libraries that participated from 1984-86 in the retrospective conversion of approximately 21,000 data records describing archival materials using RLIN (Research Libraries Information Network). Factors affecting the amount of time spent on the project--the integrity of finding aids and authority work--are…
Descriptors: Archives, Automation, Costs, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWyly, Mary – Library Trends, 1992
Discusses issues in the management of volunteers in research libraries, outlining the benefits to volunteers and libraries, as well as potential hazards. The volunteer program at Chicago's Newberry Library is described, focusing on recruitment, job assignments, motivation, staff attitudes, retention and library benefits. (26 references) (EA)
Descriptors: Archives, Case Studies, Cataloging, Fund Raising
