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Re: Librarians and Archivists



Erwin,

I didn't right that tripe. I found it on the internet at the link I posted.
If you want to read the rest of what they have determined the role of
Archivists to be go there and look. In light of the recent observations
linking Librarians and Archivists I found it very enlightening.

Chris

 -----Original Message-----
From:   Erwin Wodarczak [mailto:ewodar@INTERCHANGE.UBC.CA]
Sent:   Friday, March 15, 2002 3:13 PM
To:     ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject:        Re: Librarians and Archivists

Delurking for a moment....

Chris Flynn wrote:
>
> The primary job of the archivist is to determine the best method of
> preserving and storing artifacts. These artifacts can be anything from a
> locket of hair to a famous painting.

... as well as the occasional paper, audio-visual, photographic, or
electronic ***record***

 Archivists preserve and record various
> kinds of artifacts that are of irreplaceable value. Archivists may work in
> traditional library settings, but others may experience more exotic
> settings, including museums and archaeological sites.
> http://istweb.syr.edu/21stcenlib/who/archivist.html

BZZZT!!!  Sorry, wrong answer!  Thanks for playing - we have some lovely
parting gifts....

>
> I think I am going to go back and check over my notes from Grad school.

Let us know what you find.  Maybe we *all* misheard those lectures.

--


Erwin Wodarczak
Records Analyst / Archivist
UBC Library - University Archives
Tel: 604-822-5877   Fax: 604-822-9587
E-mail: ewodar@interchange.ubc.ca
WWW: http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/ubc_arch/ubc_arch.html

"We do precision guesswork, based on vague assumptions and unreliable
data of dubious accuracy"

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