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Transfusuion or Paying of Dues?
One of the things that I have heard a lot recently is how important it is that we get “new blood” into the archives profession. I hear it more among archivists of religious institutions than those of … more →
Heretical Thoughts of an Archivist
Transfusuion or Paying of Dues?
hereticalarchivy wrote 1 month ago: One of the things that I have heard a lot recently is how important it is that we get “new blood” in … more →
Confessions of an “Other-Side-Of-The-Desk-er”
hereticalarchivy wrote 2 months ago: “Other-side-of-the-desk-er” is a term I use when referring to people who try to promote the viewpoin … more →
Archival Theory and Practice: An Applied Philosophy, I Do Believe
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hereticalarchivy wrote 2 months ago: One question that was a topic of conversation in my archives management courses at school was whethe … more →
Archives in the Virtual World: An Experiment
hereticalarchivy wrote 4 months ago: The other day I had a fascinating experience. I a) visited the virtual world called Second Life (SL) … more →
Intellectual Control v. Just Plain Control
hereticalarchivy wrote 4 months ago: I attended a workshop last week,with a variety of people in the history field. There were a couple o … more →
Control, Money and Power in Archives and Churches- (Free flowing thoughts, not organized argument)
hereticalarchivy wrote 6 months ago: This is free flowing thought, and so may be updated or edited later. It should be noted that some of … more →
Traditional Paradox (and a note on my Nom de Plume)
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hereticalarchivy wrote 6 months ago: I sat in a meeting of people from the historical society of a Methodist Church Annual Conference the … more →
The Mission Driven Consumer, er, Institution
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hereticalarchivy wrote 7 months ago: When I was in school, the popular focus among many historians was “history from the bottom up.” This … more →
Being a Mediator
hereticalarchivy wrote 8 months ago: I have heard it said that archivists are mediators between the collections and the users of the coll … more →
Professional Standards
hereticalarchivy wrote 8 months ago: The archives world has spent the past several decades struggling to establish and strengthen a disti … more →
The Archivists Didn't Want to Tweet
hereticalarchivy wrote 8 months ago: I had a chance to talk with some historians today about the advent of Twitter and blogs. They were m … more →
