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I've operated for years under a number of equally truthful (or otherwise) aliases, depending on the circumstances: archivist, records manager, company director, management consultant, retired bank official and now, the least helpful of all, OAP (while not actually drawing the pension). It's questionable as to which is delivers the most benefits, though forming a limited company got round most of the problems Chris Pickford faced; except when applying for a mortgage, when there seemed to be no way round the self-employed tag. However, we should perhaps look closer to home. Even while chairing the Society of Archivists, I couldn't get round the determination to categorise me either as an archivist or as a records manager. It isn't possible to be both, as I have been for the almost 35 years I've worked in the UK. Perhaps we should be looking, at least at that level, for something more inclusive rather than an enforced separation. Peter Emmerson Director Emmerson Consulting Limited Poplar House 5 School Street Witton-Le-Wear County Durham DL14 0AS Office 01388 488865 Mobile 07516 744795 Emmerson Consulting Limited is registered in England No. 3607347. Registered Office: 140 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 7RT Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra