Why do you collect what you collect? What are the external factors which determine your collections development decisions? Do you feel empowered to shape your collections to the benefit of your users?
These are just some of the questions addressed by a research report into Collecting Drivers for Higher Education Institutions with Archives and Unique and Distinctive Collections.
The report is examining the collecting drivers for archival collections within a cross-section of diverse HEIs with unique and distinctive collections; looking at the degree to which these drivers align with institutional missions, and contemporary research and learning environments. The research is backed up by robust evidence of what special collections and archives collect, what drives them to do so, what policies assist their functions and how they plan to develop these. Read the report here<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/case-studies-and-research-reports/research-reports/>.
The report was jointly funded by Research Libraries UK and The National Archives as part of the commitment to work together on matters of shared interest to the archive and research library sectors, to improve understanding, share good practice and to help institutions develop, and produced by Caroline Williams, Independent Archival Consultant
Leah Chapman
Communication and Development Manager
Archives Sector Development
The National Archives<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/default.htm>, Kew, Surrey TW9 4DU, 0208 3925270.
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