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Re: Certification Discussion (oops)



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William H. (Bill) Brown, C.A.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Brown" <william.h.brown@NCMAIL.NET>
To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: Certification Discussion


> > It is becoming ever clearer to me that the only people possible of being
> > turned on by a CA are other archivists.  So is the flurry surrounding
> > certification really to impress the "outside world" that we're worth
> > something, or are we really just impressing other archivists?
>
> No, we are not just impressing other archivists, we are truly establishing
a
> professional standard.  My certification has enabled me to do my job
better,
> and even shown others the level of the professionism of my craft.  I am
even
> considering working on a CRM, after my recertification next year.
>
> >
> > Frankly, a CA wouldn't impress my management because they think
archivists
> > and librarians are the same thing--unless you call a librarian an
> archivist.
>
> That is the problem of the institution, not the ACA.  Clearly, archival
> institutions need to assign more credence to the obtainment of the CA by
> staff members.  Personally, the ACA is probably hurt more by institutions
> not willing to support the program, that the competition between
librarians
> and archivists.
>
> Regards,
> Bill

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