Appraisal and acquisition : innovative practices for archives and special collections / edited by Kate Theimer.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"No fame required": collaboration, community, and the Georgia LGBTQ Archives Project / Morna Gerrard, Georgia State University -- Placed out: providing a home for the records of the Children's Aid Society and the orphan trains / Maurita Baldock, New-York Historical Society -- "I really can't wait to archive this exchange": exploring processing as appraisal in the Tim Kaine eMail Project / Benjamin S. Bromley, Roger Christman, and Susan Gray Eakin Page, Library of Virginia -- Hardware for softpoems: appraisal and acquisition of vintage computer equipment / Will Hansen and Matthew Farrell, Duke University -- From projects to policy: the evolution of a systematic reappraisal program / Tina Lloyd, Library and Archives Canada -- Terabytes from far-off lands: acquiring records of the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program / Jane Gorjevsky and Dina Sokolova, Columbia University -- So much to do, so little time: prioritizing to acquire significant university records / Laura Uglean Jackson, University of Wyoming -- The Studio Theatre Archives: staging an embedded appraisal / Leahkim A. Gannett, Vincent J. Novara, Kelly J. Smith, and Mary Crauderueff, University of Maryland -- Making the bulb want to change: implementing an active electronic records appraisal and acquisition program / Brad Houston, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee -- Weaving the web of influence: maximizing archival appraisal and acquisition through the use of "spider advocates" / Shelley Sweeney, University of Manitoba -- Reappraisal and deaccessioning: building for the future by removing some of the past / James Gerencser, Dickinson College -- Tap into history: the birth of the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives / Tiah Edmunson-Morton, Oregon State University.