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Re: Professional archivists
I think Barbara has a point, though -- any non-archivist lurking on the
list (for example, someone's boss who's monitoring their employees' emails)
this week could easily get the impression that we archivists have bupkus
to do.
-Alison
At 10:54 AM 8/23/02 -0400, Barbara Mathe wrote:
>It simply never ceases to amaze me that so many members of this list have
>time for off-topic material. Since the single objection yesterday to the
>assault of messages about food on the archives list, another 23 (yes I
>counted them) appeared this morning.
>
>Beyond the nonsense, one of the other major topics of this listserv is
>whether archivists are given their due respect as professionals. I would
>be embarrassed to have our profession judged by the discourse on this list.
>
>If there were another list available which limited discussion to
>professional archival matters, I'd unsubscribe from this list in a second
>but I remain because this is the only list we have.
>
>
>Barbara Mathé
>Museum Archivist and Head of Library Special Collections
>
>American Museum of Natural History
>Central Park West at 79 Street
>New York, New York 10024
>(212) 769-5419
>mathe@amnh.org
>
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