Dear Hilary
Have you looked at
Mark Bateson and Richard Leonard 'Social Club or Compulsory experience:
reflections on the proper role of volunteers in record offices', JSA vol
20 no 1, April 1999?
It's a good survey and has sensible advice on volunteers.
Chris
On Tue, 5 Dec
2000, Hilary Peck wrote:
> Does anyone have a policy regarding their use of volunteers in an archive
> service?
>
> I'm currently involved with a group covering the libraries, museum and
> archive services of our department to draw up such a policy. We do not
> want to reinvent the wheel and seem to have examples of a number of
> policies from the library and museum field. If anyone can help me redress
> this balance and has such a policy that they would be prepared to share I
> would be most grateful.
>
> Thanks,
> Hilary Peck
> Archivist
>
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Christopher Webb, Archivist and Acting Director
Borthwick Institute of Historical Research
University of York
St Anthony's Hall
Peasholme Green
York YO1 7PW
UK
Tel: 01904-642315
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/bihr/
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