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Switching the Vacuum into Reverse: A Case Study of Retrospective Conversion As Collection Management

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  • Mark L. Shelstad (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)

Abstract

This article explores how a retrospective conversion project at the University of Wyoming's American Heritage Center became a vehicle not simply for improved access (a traditional objective of on-line cataloging), but also for reappraisal and a variety of other collections management initiatives. The article also examines in depth a collection management option-deaccessioning-that became available following the completion of the project.

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Shelstad, M. L., (1998) “Switching the Vacuum into Reverse: A Case Study of Retrospective Conversion As Collection Management”, Archival Issues 23(2), 135–153. doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/archivalissues.10870

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1998-01-01

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