Pointing out how different you are from the people you work with is a
bad idea in any profession. 

I think the basic definitions and qualifications of librarians and
archivists are changing as we speak, and that they are drawing ever
closer together.  Archivists are moving away from group level
description in the digital environment because the format demands the
creation of individual item cataloging records (or call it "metadata" if
you prefer.)  Librarians are finding their "catalogs" have no relevance
to the younger generation who have no analog format to compare it to.

In my opinion, this medium we use to communicate and store information
is changing everything.  For better or worse I don't know.

Kim Allen Scott
Special Collections Librarian AND University Archivist
Montana State University, Bozeman

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