Well said, Amanda - and, as Richard noted, it got a whole bunch of
people interacting on both serious and jocular levels. We even had
someone from overseas.
There is always the delete option too.
Pam
> And when they work, they really do their job. The archive slogans
> discussion was a fabulous exchange of creative ideas aka a brainstorm.
> Many archives rely on the goodwill of others for funding, whether this
> is publicly or privately sourced. Good awareness of the particular
> archive or archives in general = money!! I know this from the reverse
> scenario and was following the discussion because of it.
>
> Archives are more than dusty repositiories and slogans punch this home
> when they are working.
>
> I will also add my own support for the notion of running Rules and/or
> Filters, otherwise important stuff gets missed.
>
> With best wishes to all
>
> Amanda Davey
> Researcher and previous archive volunteer
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