ABSTRACT

Archive repository web pages have become more sophisticated in the past several years, and information about repository holdings is often readily available online. However, so long as full archival records are not available electronically, archivists will have to contend with the increase in reference requests from remote users. The author surveyed one hundred university archives web pages to examine the current availability of archival records on the Web and to explore the possible effects of this presence on archivists’ efforts to provide remote users with access to repository holdings through “ask an archivist” forms, electronic mail, and other modes of communication. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: <docdelivery@haworthpress.com> Website: <https://www. HaworthPress.com> ©2004 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.]