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- Deed of gift restricts use
- Material is too fragile, dirty, etc. and needs conservation before use (requires processing for use)
- Material is too messy - could not be adequately served to researcher in reading room (requires processing for use
- Collection is too large to adequately create a container list at point of accession (consider this as future student project if possible)
- Material appears to have potentially restricted material (student records, lawyer/client privilege, third party privacy) and time cannot be taken at accessioning to determine more carefully what might have issues
- Material is too fragile, dirty, etc. and needs conservation before use (requires processing for use)
- Material is too messy - could not be adequately served to researcher in reading room (requires processing for use)
Collections that are closed to research until processed may still benefit from the creation of a container list - in this case, it's the future archivist we are helping here. As larger collections come in, and the space we have in which to process is shrinking, we should record as much information as possible at the point of accession.
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