Hi,
The wildest misunderstanding I have encountered regarding what an archivist does came from a gentleman who assumed that because I was an archivist I could read hieroglyphics.
Craig Alexander Moore
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Dear Kate,
Not quite "what is an archivist", but closely related:
A colleague and I were attending the 2002 SoA conference in Jersey, and our taxi to the hotel was driven by a man who had moved to Jersey from South London (it seemed important to him to emphasise the South), who looked like an extra from Eastenders - heavy-set, gold jewellery, deeply tanned. He asked us what we were in Jersey for, and we replied, "A conference."
"What's it about? Money?" he asked.
"It's the Society of Archivists' conference."
"What's that about, then?"
"Well...archives?"
"What's that, then? Money?"
Joe McLaughlin
University Archivist and Rare Books Curator Room L016 Information Services - Archives University of Ulster Cromore Road Coleraine
BT52 1SA
Northern Ireland
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Dear colleagues
I am talking to the Catholic Archives Society annual conference next month and have come up with this title. Obviously I have my own stories but if anyone has a particularly unusual or funny experience when trying to explain what they do I would be pleased to immortalise you! Needless to say, you can remain anonymous if you prefer.
Thanks
Kate
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