Thought this might be interesting. Historical Manuscripts Commission 2002 Survey of Archive Cataloguing > > Problems [.pdf] > > <a href='http://www.hmc.gov.uk/pubs/cataloguingsurvey.pdf'>http://www.hmc.gov.uk/pubs/catalog uingsurvey.pdf</a> > > > > Authored by Christopher Kitching, the director of the Historical > Manuscripts > > Commission in the United Kingdom, this 16-page report details the > existing > > problems (along with offering potential remedies) involved with archive > > cataloguing throughout the country. Some of Mr. Ktichings' findings > include > > the fact that many archive repositories have significant cataloguing > > backlogs and that material of great national and local heritage > significance > > (stretching back to the Middle Ages) also remains uncatalogued and > unusable > > by researchers. Mr. Kitching also concludes that the decline in the > number > > of catalogues reaching the National Register of Archives is in fact due > to > > the declining pace of cataloguing in repositories, rather than being a > > function of the HMC's ability to acquire already extant catalogues. > > > > > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > > <HTML><HEAD> > > <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; > charset=iso-8859-1"> > > <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4807.2300" name=GENERATOR> > > <STYLE></STYLE> > > </HEAD> > > <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> > > <DIV> Historical Manuscripts Commission 2002 Survey of Archive > > Cataloguing<BR> Problems [.pdf]<BR> <A > > href="<a href='http://www.hmc.gov.uk/pubs/cataloguingsurvey.pdf"><a href='http://www.hmc.'>http://www.hmc.</a>'>http://www.hmc.gov.uk/pubs/cataloguingsurvey.p df"><a href='http://www.hmc.'>http://www.hmc.</a></a> > gov.uk/pubs/cataloguingsurvey.pdf</A><BR> <BR>Authored > > by Christopher Kitching, the director of the Historical > > Manuscripts<BR> Commission in the United Kingdom, this 16-page > report > > details the existing<BR> problems (along with offering potential > remedies) > > involved with archive<BR> cataloguing throughout the country. Some > of Mr. > > Ktichings' findings include<BR> the fact that many archive > repositories > > have significant cataloguing<BR> backlogs and that material of > great > > national and local heritage significance<BR> (stretching back to > the Middle > > Ages) also remains uncatalogued and unusable<BR> by researchers. > Mr. > > Kitching also concludes that the decline in the number<BR> of > catalogues > > reaching the National Register of Archives is in fact due > to<BR> the > > declining pace of cataloguing in repositories, rather than being > > a<BR> function of the HMC's ability to acquire already extant > > catalogues.<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML> > > > >