Abstract
This article reports on a Brigham Young University Library Special Collections reappraisal pilot project based upon OCLC's Total Cost of Stewardship (TCOS) framework. The case study considers how reappraisal activities align with TCOS principles, and its use in reviewing faculty papers. The pilot measured reappraisal and reprocessing costs for a small sample of papers of university administrators, and identified all other collections of faculty, staff, and administrators for reappraisal in both university archives records and manuscripts collections. Findings identified through the pilot will inform a larger reappraisal project in Special Collections to refine appraisal and processing work and reclaim repository space.
Author Biography
Karen Glenn is the Archival Processing Librarian for Brigham Young University Library’s Special Collections. She received her M.S. in Library and Information Science from Simmons University and has previously worked in archives in Massachusetts and Ohio. John Murphy is curator for 19th and 20th Century Manuscripts in the Brigham Young University Library’s Special Collections. He graduated from BYU with a degree in history from BYU, and he received a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from Simmons University (Archives Concentration) and a master’s degree in history from Brandeis University. His research interests include Western American history, the international history of the LDS Church, and manuscript studies. Cory Nimer is the University Archivist at Brigham Young University. He received his MLIS from San Jose State University, and an MA in History from Sonoma State University. His research interests include the history of archives, descriptive standards, and the history of Brigham Young University. Dainan Skeem is curator of 21st Century Manuscripts at Brigham Young University Library’s Special Collections. He has MLIS and M.Ed degrees from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His research has focused on special collections librarianship, including donor relations, reappraisal, library theft, and primary source instruction.
Recommended Citation
Glenn, Karen; Murphy, John; Nimer, Cory L.; and Skeem, Dainan M.
(2024)
"Stewardship and Sustainability: Applying the TCOS Framework to Reappraisal,"
Journal of Western Archives: Vol. 15:
Iss.
2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/westernarchives/vol15/iss2/6
