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Re: New Yorker



OMIGOSH! there's an Archives fairy?  Why am I sitting here in this empty
space with degrading records in multiple unsuitable locations? Quick,
Daniel, how do I contact this fairy & how fast does he/she usually respond
to wishes? : )

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> From:         Daniel Sokolow[SMTP:daniel_sokolow@MCGRAW-HILL.COM]
> Reply To:     Archives & Archivists
> Sent:         Thursday, July 20, 2000 9:23 AM
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> Subject:      New Yorker
>
> From: Daniel Sokolow@MCGRAW-HILL on 07/20/2000 09:23 AM
>
>
> To:   archives@listserv.muohio.edu
> cc:
> Subject:  New Yorker
>
> It was, indeed, Nicholson Baker, and I didn't realize he's got such a
> thing.  He
> seemed awfully prepared to condemn the lot of us, particularly the
> preservationinsts who have dared to suggest that paper might degrade (this
> is
> not the first time I've heard something about "scary librarians" - that
> term was
> used in the context of a copyright conversation).  I don't know that we
> have to
> worry about him particularly, and I agree with Richard's point that we
> need to
> go about our business as scientifically and professionally as possible,
> but I
> suppose there's nothing wrong with us reexamining our approaches now and
> then.
>
> And then, of course, we wait for the archives fairy to come down and leave
> us
> all twice as much space and twice as much money as we need, tucked nicely
> under
> our pillows.
>
> DS
>
>
> Daniel Sokolow
> Corporate Archivist
> The McGraw-Hill Companies
> 1221 Avenue of the Americas
> New York, NY 10020
> daniel_sokolow@mcgraw-hill.com
>
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