Houghton Library Technical Services

Mission Statement: The mission of the Houghton Library Technical Services Department is to provide access to the library's rare and unique materials, and act to preserve the collections in our care for ongoing use and discovery. Our foundational work supports the teaching and research activities of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, and the global community of researchers.

Mission, Vision, and Values

Objectives and Priorities

• FY23

• FY22

• FY21

Acquisitions (part of MACC)

• Intake and Accessioning Library Materials

• Acquisitions and Accessioning Manual

• Special Classes of Materials in Alma

• Financial Operations in Alma (Restricted pages)

• Ordering Barcodes

• Ordering Supplies

• HD Circulation in Pusey Technical Services
  
  
  

Alma Policies

• Alma Collection Codes

• Alma Statistics: 920 Field

• Alma Interim Policies and Guidelines

• Alma Item Records

• Withdrawing and Deleting Holdings and Suppressing Records in Alma

• Restrictions Policy

Authorities

• SNAC Policy

• SNAC Records Workflow

• SNAC Tracking

• NACO

• Name Submissions: to request a NACO authority or SNAC record for an archival creator, subject, or related entity, fill out this form.

Digital Collections Section

• Project Digitization

• Over the Counter Digitization

• CURIOSity at Houghton

• MS Section Work with NET Holdings/Digital Objects

Manuscript Section / Archival Operations

• Archival Collection Processing Manual

• Meeting Agendas and Minutes

• Accessioning

• Accessioning Planning for Houghton Library

• Collection-level Manuscript Cataloging Manual

• Single-item Manuscript Cataloging Manual

• Born-Digital Materials

• Harvard Theatre Collection ephemera procedures

• MS call number/EADID classification

• Legacy documentation

• Projects

• Reading Group

• End Processing Manual for Manuscript and Archival collections

• Catchall finding aids

• Archival description feedback form

• Inclusive and Reparative Description

• Provenance Description Guidelines

• Books/Publications in Archival Collections

Photographs and Photograph Albums

Metadata, Acquisitions, and Collections Control (MACC)

• Cataloging Manual For Printed and Graphic Materials

• Books End-Processing Manual

• Reference Tools for Rare Book Cataloging

• Catalog Corrections Online Forms

• Houghton Publication Archive

Procedures and Guidelines for TS Students

Metadata & Technology

• Macros (Restricted pages)

• Houghton Macros

Reports and Recommendations

• Bookplates and markings

  • Bookplate and ownership label report

  • Bookplate and ownership label recommendation

• Ephemera Task Force report

• Graphic Materials

Minutes and Annual Goals

• Annual Goals, 2016-2017

• TS Section Heads and Managers Meeting Minutes

Departmental Documents and links

• Norms for an open office

• Links to Technical Services Forms

• Documenting workflows project

• Professional Development Presentations and Webinars

• Houghton Library Wiki

• HD Format Restrictions