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Re: Archivists rock! (re: Roses)



Good point, Eric.  I'm not even a cataloger -- I'm a reference librarian
with greatly expanded responsibilities, and here I am trying to teach myself
to do manuscript cataloging properly.  I too have the greatest respect for
real archivists!


-----Original Message-----
From: Eric v.d. Luft, Ph.D., M.L.S. [mailto:lufte@MAIL.UPSTATE.EDU]
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 8:45 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: Archivists rock! (re: Roses)


I've enjoyed this thread, even though I've heard it a million times before.

Here's the other side of the coin: I am a librarian, Librarian, LIBRARIAN,
L-I-B-R-A-R-I-A-N to whom
has fallen some of the responsiblity for maintaining the archives of this
institution. I get very
upset when people call me an archivist, not because I feel insulted, but
because they are
attributing to me qualifications which I do not possess. To call me a
archivist is unfair to all the
real archivists who have worked very hard to become certified.

I learn a lot from this list, I value my archivist cyber-colleagues very
highly, and I defend their
profession whenever the need arises.

Cheers!

Eric

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SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210
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