Emma,

There is a recently published American book "Moving Archives: The
Experiences of Eleven Archivists", John Newman and Walter Jones, eds.,
Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Md., 2002. It can be purchased from the Society
of American Archivists at www.archivists.org.

Tom Belton
Archives Advisor

Emma Prescott wrote:

>I apologize for cross-posting.
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>I am hoping that some of you can help me considering that there have been a
>few archives that have moved recently or are in the process of moving.
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>Bloorview MacMillan Children's Centre is due to begin moving to a new
>facility in December 2005.  My Senior Management Team has asked me, in my
>capacity as Archivist/Records Manager, to devise some kind of timeline for
>all staff to follow in preparation for the move and with regards their
>office records.  They want a timeline in place by late September 2004.
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>We already have a Records Retention Schedule on which I can build and I have
>a few members of staff who are already starting to go through their files
>and are giving me estimates of how long it is taking them.
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>What I am looking for from the lists are suggestions, anecdotes (including
>what you would do differently if you did it again) and any literature that
>you may know about that could be of some help.
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>Thank you in advance
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>Emma Prescott
>Bloorview MacMillan Children's Centre
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