I am involved in a rather "interesting" discussion with my librarian
colleagues who feel that single item manuscripts should be part of the
library collection [and catalogued, managed etc. as the rest of the library
stock].
I am slightly out numbered here [one archivist - 12 librarians] and wonder
whether other archivists have views on this topic.
I should add that the manuscripts are kept in the same environmental
conditions as the administrative archives and are subject to the archival
rules on handling, copying, display and consultation.
Claire Jackson
Archivist
Royal Society of Medicine.
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