Oh Peter! I thought I was an anorak with Henry Petroski's book The Pencil as my constant companion! Joe From: Archivists, conservators and records managers. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter Kurilecz Sent: 08 October 2010 16:20 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Collecting policies (and paperclips) On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Holly Fairhall <[log in to unmask]> wrote: If anybody has any good articles regarding the paperclip (and its place in archives) in particular the 'digital paperclip' please forward them to me - I want to do a write up on my blog. find a copy of Henry Petroski's book The evolution of useful things which has good chapter on the development of paper clips -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA [log in to unmask] Richmond, Va http://twitter.com/RAINbyte http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RAINbyte/ Information not relevant for my reply has been deleted to reduce the electronic footprint and to save the sanity of digest subscribers 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 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