Very broadly speaking were all
information specialists. However that said there are significant
differences between the type of information we handle and how that
information is used.
The concept of the archival bond is
very foreign to librarians.
I usually describe what a library would
be like organized according provenance rather than subject. All the books
arranged by publisher, then by editor, then by author and finally by
date.
The other profession that has trouble
understanding archives is that of museum curator. They constantly treat
archives as funny museums that collect paper and when they actually acquire
archival materials they tend to treat the documents as artifacts.
There is a definite problem here that
goes back to the lack of competent training provided in library and museum
graduate programs.
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W. Mark Ritchie
Heritage Resource Management Associates 228 Broken Oak Crescent Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2N 1N7 Phone: 519 745
5586
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