5/17/02
Mr. Popovici's question is by no means stupid. This remains
one of the great sources of debate in the records universe. For my $.02 worth,
Sharon is headed in the right direction on this question. T. Hine, The Total
Package, is very good on the interweaving of container and information,
especially in the product advertising world. See also B. Bergeron in Dark
Ages II: When the Digital Data Die: "Data cannot be separated conceptually
from the form and means of communication".
Ed
Southern
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From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU]On Behalf Of Butcher Sharon L Contr AEDC/ACS Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 4:43 PM To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Subject: Re: hard disks - short I
wonder what the legal beagles say about this. I recently gave a paper where I
gave examples of documents...they include boxes our food comes in (e.g., Lean
Cuisine, Jimmy Dean Pure Pork Sausage, Sweet-N-Low packets, dog tags, pencils
with printing, clay tablets, telephone bills, match covers, political nail files
with a candidate's name and slogan, Fido's heart worm medication box, a cake mix
box with the symbol of the measuring cup/egg/oil, etc. They all carry
symbols conveying information, be it cunieform, English, transportation
symbols, a logo, whatever. Grecian urns have symbols conveying
information. A receipt.....from Sprawl Mart is another document.
Sharon Lee Butcher |