I'm sorry that Elaine Brison feels that she must resign all contact with SRG
as a result of the latest edition of SRG News.
Speaking as a member of the SRG committee, I would hope that SRG has never
tried to imply that archivists working with business records in whatever
guise perform any less valuable a function than any other kind of archivist.
The group welcomes the interchange of ideas between archivists in all
sectors, and has tried to encourage this over the years in our training
events, for example. After all, David Hay is both one of the founding
members of the Business Records Group and a valued member of the SRG
committee.
The new BRG clearly answers a need for the business archives community, but
why should this necessitate a divorce from other interest groups?
Helen
Helen Wakely,
Assistant Archivist,
Archives and Manuscripts,
Wellcome Library, 183 Euston Road, London NB1 2BE
020 7611 8674 (tel) / 8703 (fax)
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