Bridget Robinson Collection Description Focus Collections and Collection Description
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The managers of the valuable resources held by museums, archives and libraries compile descriptions of their holdings both so that they can administer and control those resources more effectively and in order to enhance access to those resources by disclosing information about their existence and availability to potential users. The channels through which resource managers provide that information, and through which potential users seek information about resources are, increasingly, digital.
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