Interesting topic –
and it speaks to ALL the hats I’ve worn! Having held positions as
Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, and having had responsibilities
for archives, manuscript collections and rare books collections all at the same
institution, I fall in the camp of those who see the blurring of lines between
all of these positions… Currently serving as an archival studies
educator in a
How we educate future archivists
is key to this, too, and it’s good that this is being discussed… For
our part, the
Best,
Amy
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Subject: Re: The L Word
I am really enjoying this thread as I am in grad school for my LIS
degree, going to get a "graduate certificate" in museum
studies, and
want to be an archivist (but only one archives class is offered
here).
We are reading Schellenberg now and he has some pretty specific views
on
the difference b/t archivists and librarians. Considering that I
now
work in a library (as "support staff") I don't see that the L
word is so
bad. Here we have librarians in Spec Coll (some with archives
training/certification)and an archivist who does the preservation.
At this point I would be happy to do either!
Mia D'Avanza
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