Whilst I bow to the superior knowledge that Justin Frost has on the subject of
re:source and its intentions, as a simple archivist I am not sure that his
posting last week has helped me undersatnd the situation any better.
I am sure we all see the role that archives have as cultural property and in
preserving the cultural heritage, but the issue that I was raising was that
re:source appears to have a very narrow definition of archives.
I think the statements about archives as information creators and records
management issues cutting across the domains need a little explanation, ahead
of the more difficult subjects of the Stewardship Strategy, the core business
value of archives, and the e-information market.
Robert Chell
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