Libraries and Archives

The Yale University Archives seeks to collect documentation concerning libraries and special collections at Yale.  Specific topics of interest include:

• Acquisition and collection development strategies and policies
• Collection management and preservation strategies and policies
• Access, use, and outreach
• Strengths of Yale collections
• Provenance and value of library holdings
• New policy, procedure, initiative development in any of the above areas

Archival Records

Examples of records of interest to the Archives, regardless of format:

• Accessioning/acquisition, provenance, and disposition records in Special Collections
• Annual reports from libraries, archives, and their divisions
• Appraisal and insurance records
• Correspondence
• Documentation of approval plans and blanket orders
• Donor files
• Exhibit publications and descriptions
• Friends or volunteer group meeting minutes, reports, and publications
• Minutes and supporting materials from committees
• Patron/borrower records, including call slips, in Special Collections
• Photographs and audio-visual resources
• Publications and websites (see Depositing Official Yale Publications)
• Published catalogs, periodic snapshots of records in a catalog system, and finding aids
• Records management schedules and authorizations to destroy records
• Summarized statistics and reports

Office of record

Yale's libraries, archives, and the Provost's Office maintain the record copy of documentation concerning this activity.