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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SIUC has recently reclassed rare books and manuscripts as “fine art” rather than “library holdings” for insurance purposes. This seems to make sense, as our collections are unique and irreplaceable. As part of this process, our risk management folks would like us to provide an appraisal value of the collection. Obviously a full professional appraisal would require a huge commitment of financial reasons, so that’s not a realistic option for us. We also don’t have enough staff to conduct an internal appraisal of every item and collection. I wonder if any others have dealt with this issue. Have any of you determined a formula to estimate the value of collections without actually conducting an appraisal?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Melissa<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Melissa Hubbard<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rare Book Librarian, Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Special Collections Research Center<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Morris Library, Mail Code 6632<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Southern Illinois University Carbondale<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ph: 618-453-3269<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>mhubbard@lib.siu.edu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>