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doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2004.06.012 
Copyright © 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Creating Access to Invisible Special Collections: Using Participatory Management to Reduce a Backlog
Available online 18 September 2004.
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Abstract
The University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries used participatory management to reduce a special collections backlog. Without an increase in budget or staffing, technical and public services departments designed a pilot project to redeploy internal human resources in a collaborative manner. The process of backlog management is discussed.
Article Outline
- National Recognition of the Issue
- A closer Examination of Access
- Overview of Backlog Management at Research Libraries
- Participatory management
- The UCB pilot project
- Assessing special collections
- Planning and locating the pilot project
- Identifying and matching a collection to cataloger skills
- The mountaineering collection
- Project personnel
- Observations, results, and successes
- The impact on donor relations
- Continuing education
- Flexibility required
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
