There are a lot of terms being used--FIC, deposit, orphan, unaccessioned, etc. I'm curious what the more common terms are for works that are important to your institution but not enough to be formally accessioned. How does your institution refer to them?
We have an acquisition we are considering. The work consists of a specific number of elements but when it arrived 38 were missing. The artist is offering us 250 more, instead of just the ones we are missing. Half of us want to take all but half think we should only focus on the missing pieces needed to make the work whole again. They're argument is that if we lose some, it's good to have extras. Our argument is that if we lose some, we aren't doing our jobs correctly and we don't have a history of losing components to a work. If you have similar situations at your institution, how do you handle this question?
If we accept the additional 250, how would you catalogue them?
I have been acting in a role for 7 months after a colleague retired. I applied for and was offered the job two months ago but a background check is delaying the salary change. I’ve been at the same agency for 20+ years, doing the same type of work and we’re being told the background check is just routine but also a new procedure.
My questions—should this take this long? I am not in an intelligence role. And since I’ve been doing the extra acting work, in addition to my other work, is there the possibility for back pay for the period after I accepted the job?