After a dozen years on the staff and faculty of Hope College as director of the Joint Archives of Holland, Larry Wagenaar will begin a sabbatical in January, 2001. He plans to undertake a study of other cooperative archival efforts in the United States, as well as conduct additional research in other fields of interest including Dutch American Studies, Michigan History and Archival Science.
The study of other cooperative archival programs will be the first ever done and the results will be valuable to the Joint Archives as well as other communities and organizations that are considering such ventures. It will add to the professional archival resources available, as currently no materials are available in archival professional literature on such cooperative ventures.
Over the past decade Wagenaar has been a consultant for several organizations that have or are considering joint or cooperative archival arrangements. He will rejoin the staff in August.