I listened to the segment just now and I definitely agree with Alison.  It was a rude (although probably not intentionally rude) comment by Guy Raz.

I think Alison should send a carefully worded comment regarding that statement to NPR and maybe they will air it.  It will be a good opportunity to educate people about the definition of an archivist.


-----Original Message-----
>From: Alison Langmead <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Jun 26, 2006 2:19 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: History Detective?
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>Dear fellow archivists,
>
>I agree with all that you are saying.
>
>For clarification, though, I would like to emphasize that my main
>problem wasn't with Mary Beth being described as a "history
>detective," because I agree that sort of task is certainly part of the
>job (and a fun one at that). My problem was with the fact that the
>reporter said that she was "selling herself short" by calling herself
>an archivist. I hold that this is definitely not the case.
>
>Alison
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