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Dear All Coming late to this one, I've always favoured a Chronology of Archivists. If nothing else, Chronology is just such a lovely word to pronounce! Regards Elizabeth At 12:38 17/07/2003 +0100, MD Hall, Assistant Archivist, Special Collection wrote: > > The list of words collected consists entirely of obscure >professional > > terms (at least outside the archives world) or negative self-deprecating > > terms. Is it no wonder that others see us this way if this is the way we > > see ourselves? > >Mr. Frost - if you are looking for terms which are neither >obscure professional terms nor self-deprecating, I point you in >the direction of... > > > a Justice League of ..... > >This is in fact greatly complimentary, as it implies that >Archivists are a respected and elite cadre of heroes. For the >record, is "cadre" pronounced "Cad-ray" or "Cadder"? I think we >should adopt this as our collective noun, and strike fear into >the hearts of evildoers and librarians alike! >Alternatively, the collective noun could be a Swashbuckling of >Archivists, as it would cash in on the apparent American >popularity of "Curse of the Black Pearl", and make us sound cool. >Or we could call ourselves "Los Companeros Archivistas", as it >also sounds cool. Or a "Fell Horde" of Archivists, if we want to >capture the Tolkeinist Zeitgeist. >Regards, > >Martin Hall > >---------------------- >MD Hall, University of Bristol Library - Special Collections >[log in to unmask] Greater Manchester County Record Office 56 Marshall Street Manchester M4 5FU England Tel + 44 161 819 4705 Fax + 44 161 839 3808 The North West Archives Festival September 2003