n.rearranging, redescribing, and/or rehousing previously processed archival collections to improve physical or intellectual control; may also integrate additional material into the collectionRhoads 1969, 210Seemingly without recognizing that record holdings grow, are reprocessed, are more deeply analyzed with use, and may be described in a variety of ways by a variety of people, the published inventory effectively freezes the usable quantity of the records to only those that have been included on the day the inventory goes to press; it inhibits reprocessing of records lest the published inventory be made obsolete (and then what does one do with the 200 or so copies still in stock?).Hamburger 1999, 131There is little guidance for evaluating the existing finding aids for their inclusion of information for the required MARC fields, for redescribing or reprocessing a collection to provide a relevant on-line record, or the decision-making process for what level of staff is necessary to handle the conversion.Hamburger 1999, 139From minor to major amounts of reprocessing may be necessary before collections can be cataloged.Doylen 2001, 350This material is accumulated routinely from the careful weeding of accessioned collections during processing, and from the reprocessing and reappraisal of current holdings.Hackbart-Dean and Slomba 2012, 42The term reprocessing refers to physically and intellectually rearranging previously processed collections, as well as physically and intellectually integrating any additions into an original collection.
