5. Preservation Profiles


Project Budget

Identification (staff and online searching) $ 17,222
Selection by scholarly review panel 1,350
project management ($3,898) library contribution
travel to project meetings 2,000

Total project cost $ 20,572


5.8 MONTANA AND MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BOZEMAN


In Montana, primary collecting responsibility as well as preservation responsibility have been articulated
and shared by all twenty-four academic libraries (including the seven tribal colleges) as well as the
Montana State Library and the Montana Historical Society Library. Montana has participated in the U.S.
Newspaper Program and each library assumes responsibility, to the best of their ability and with the
assistance of external funding, for the preservation of unique subject materials that fall within their
specifically stated strengths. In addition to their responsibility for local history and culture, and the tribal
college responsibilities related to tribal and reservation records, each of the. academic institutions and state
agency libraries emphasize subject areas relative to their primary mission, historical roots or locale. Thus
Montana State University-Bozeman's mission includes Yellowstone Ecosystem, architecture, Senator
Burton K. Wheeler, Montana agriculture and a few other areas, and endeavors to preserve these unique
materials and to make them available to scholars and researchers through the shared bibliographic
database (WLN) and the library catalog. The Montana Historical Society Library places an emphasis
upon Montana state and territory documents and state authors. Other libraries are working to preserve
materials and provide similar bibliographic access to their unique historic holdings.

In the early 1980s MSU participated in the National Agricultural Library cooperative microfilming
project for agricultural publications from Montana's Extension Service and Experiment Stations. MSU
also received funding from the Montana Cultural Trust for the preservation of the Montana WPA (Works
Progress Administration) records. The bulk are the Livestock History papers--pioneer interviews, History
of Grazing, copies of Brand Books, and photographs. The Libraries' agricultural information specialist,
Jodee Kawasaki, works with Montana agriculture materials from all time periods. MSU-Bozeman
Libraries University Archives mission is to obtain and retain, in a secure area, all papers and publications
emanating from or published by MSU. The Archives and Special Collections are state-of-the-art
environmentally controlled rooms. Special Collections and Archives follow preservation guidelines
including the proper housing, storage, handling, and security of materials. The library has on-site
microfilming capabilities to microfilm publications related to MSU's mission and materials deemed
appropriate for preservation.

Montana State University-Bozeman USAIN Project Staff

Project manager Jodee Kawasaki will supervise and coordinate activities related to the compliation of the
bibliography, the scholarly review process, selection of materials for preservation, retrieval and preparation
of materials for filming, creation and distribution of bibliographic records for preserved materials, and
submission of narrative reports on the grant project. The project team will include Catalog Librarian
Anna Price and Special Collections Librarian Kim Allen Scott, as well as technical staff and student
support. Anna Price will oversee the cataloging portion of the project. She has been a cataloger in
academic libraries for over 25 years, primarily working with serials and has cataloged and analyzed all
Experiment Station and Extension Service serials. Kim Allen Scott will assist the project manager in the
preservation portion of the project, including overseeing the work of the microfilming agency, ensuring