Learning in the archives: A report on instructional practices

Journal of Archival Organization

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 233-268

  Krause, Magia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Instruction; Survey methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649447040     PISSN: 15332748     EISSN: 15332756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332740802533263     Document Type: Article

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26. The Society of American Archivists made the names of the Reference, Access, and Outreach sectionmembers available tome with the caveat that I respect the privacy of the individuals and destroy their contact information once the invitations had been sent. I have agreed to abide by the requirements.
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40. For this reason, as well as the 26 individuals who voluntarily dropped out of the survey, the total number of respondents falls to 153 for the remainder of the survey questions.
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