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Hmmm. Well, as I said, I don't agree with all of it, and no-one else will either. But debate is good. I obviously don't know Craig's experiences in this. I personally can't say that in 24 years I've noticed a climate of fear (real or imaginary) in archives. What I have noticed, repeatedly, is people who can't work out that there are many different ways of getting your ideas across to different audiences and to different hierarchies, and that you need to choose the most appropriate one and/or the one with the highest chance of success in the circumstances. Which involves an understanding of where your target audience might be coming from, including their fears, prejudices, and areas of ignorance. YMMV, as they say in the USA. Richard Taylor BA MArAd | Archives & Local History Development Manager City of York Council | Libraries & Heritage 18 Back Swinegate | York YO1 8ZD YORK: GATEWAY TO HISTORY - our major project to transform access to 800 years of York's archives. www.yorkgatewaytohistory.org.uk<http://www.yorkgatewaytohistory.org.uk> From: Archivists, conservators and records managers. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Moore, Craig Sent: 05 July 2012 11:30 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Highly recommended - "Unsolicited advice for new archivists" "I recommend that wannabe archivists exercise the utmost caution when taking initiative as a student worker, intern, or paraprofessional. While this is often considered a "positive" attribute, they need to be aware of how their actions might be perceived by the professionals.... they should be very aware of anything they do or say which might be interpreted as disrespectful or undermining. Be very conscious of which channels are appropriate for sharing ideas, brainstorming, and initiating projects. Intentions are a lot less important than perceptions" *Sigh* This (in my experience wholly unjustified) attitude of fear is what stops anyone, saying anything halfway interesting in this field. Best wishes. Craig Alexander Moore From: Archivists, conservators and records managers. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Taylor, Richard Sent: 05 July 2012 10:28 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Highly recommended - "Unsolicited advice for new archivists" Hello listees Right, I suppose that this is archives-nra equivalent of a retweet. The posting and link below came in last week from Peter Kurilecz. I finally got around to clicking on it today, because someone shoved a mug of tea under my nose so I decided to pause from other work for a moment. Otherwise I suspect I would just have deleted it. Follow the link. Look beyond the US-specific examples that Kate Theimer cites to the more general points she's making. There's a lot of useful advice in this post and the follow-up comments, pithily expressed, and not just relevant to new archivists either. I don't agree with it all (no-one will), but I particularly liked the remarks about learning to live with ambiguity, and about finding out the appropriate channels for sharing ideas, brainstorming and initiating projects. Cheers all Richard My Unsolicited Advice < NewArchivist I am writing in response to Kate Theimer's great post over at ArchivesNext, Honest tips for wannabe archivists out there<http://www.archivesnext.com/?p=2849>, where she discusses some advice given to people thinking about becoming archivists via Twitter and email. I encourage you to go over and read it along with the great comments. I started to write a comment and it grew and grew until no comment section could contain it. http://bit.ly/QsCfLa Richard Taylor BA MArAd | Archives & Local History Development Manager City of York Council | Libraries & Heritage 18 Back Swinegate | York YO1 8ZD YORK: GATEWAY TO HISTORY - our major project to transform access to 800 years of York's archives. www.yorkgatewaytohistory.org.uk<http://www.yorkgatewaytohistory.org.uk> From: Archivists, conservators and records managers. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter Kurilecz Sent: 28 June 2012 17:51 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: My Unsolicited Advice < NewArchivist My Unsolicited Advice < NewArchivist I am writing in response to Kate Theimer's great post over at ArchivesNext, Honest tips for wannabe archivists out there<http://www.archivesnext.com/?p=2849>, where she discusses some advice given to people thinking about becoming archivists via Twitter and email. 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