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Re: Baker



How about taking a look at what ARL is already doing with their "Areas of
Excellence" and keep from reinventing the wheel.

Kenneth Marks
Marks' Marks Book Repair Services
P. O. Box 665
Apex, NC 27502

and

Church Archivist,
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Raleigh, NC



Sammie Morris wrote:

> I of course think the appropriate response to Mr. Baker is to send him all the
> original newspapers that libraries and archives have microfilmed and can not
> store-- he'd get a good dose of the space issues we deal with every day.
> He wants the originals, so let's bombard him with them!
>
> Seriously, I do think preserving originals is important but the truth is not
> all copies of the same original newspaper should be preserved.  If Mr. Baker's
> book causes more libraries/archives to think before they toss, it's a good
> thing.  If his book also causes libraries/archives to work together
> so that one copy of every original is preserved, without so much overlap that
> it becomes detrimental to the institution and its available storage space,
> then that's good too.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> Sammie Morris
> Archivist
> Dallas Museum of Art
>
> >

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