Comments on: Preservation

By: amelia

amelia — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:07:31 +0000

dear archivist above — i don’t know how old the photos in the articles are, but i *do* know that the entire doc preservation team, and all the coders, are wearing gloves now. also respirators for the bat shit.

our group is in charge of the sampling and statistical coding of documents:
http://hrdag.org/about/guatemala-police_arch_project.shtml

By: Aimee Greeblemonkey

Aimee Greeblemonkey — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:36:19 +0000

Amazing.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:22:51 +0000

A friend of mine from Argentina had her father disappear. It really was just as sudden as it sounds…one day he was there, the next he wasn’t. Thanks for the article, I don’t know if she has seen it.

By: BOSSY

BOSSY — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:51:56 +0000

Wowee, that post has more links than a chain fence.

By: FENICLE

FENICLE — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:50:19 +0000

Wow, that is kinda concerning….thanks for the links!

By: witchypoo

witchypoo — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:32:20 +0000

The look on the face of the archivists says it all. There is such an air of gloom about this, and rightly so.

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:45:21 +0000

Jesus Christ. That’s like “Of Love and Shadows” come to life. Thank you for the heads up. I studied this for years in school, and hadn’t realized this was going on. I’m off to get the Harpers.

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:36:13 +0000

I’m an information/data/records manager and those photos just knock me out. I did notice, in photo 6, that the guy holding the FBI bulletin is apparently going through all that stuff with no gloves or protection of any kind. ::shudder::

You said a mouthful when you said, “so much loss and possibility in the same room”. Are you sure you’re not a closet archivist?

Thanks for the links.

By: Ms. Karen

Ms. Karen — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:53:10 +0000

Oh…my…