tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14910575.post8491216726428422806..comments2023-10-04T11:35:50.986-04:00Comments on Out of the Jungle: National ArchivesJames Milleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368391001719650329noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14910575.post-68104742474261602782007-03-20T13:46:00.000-04:002007-03-20T13:46:00.000-04:00Bravo, Mary! I believe the same is true of librar...Bravo, Mary! I believe the same is true of librarians and our patrons. A lot of important research gems, you come across by sheer serendipity. The ability to browse, and assistance of a knowledgeable guide are key for this sort of find. Often, you don't know that something is out there, and until you stumble on it, or are guided there, you don't know you need it!Betsy McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16824582240163409553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14910575.post-47434076489542087722007-03-19T20:41:00.000-04:002007-03-19T20:41:00.000-04:00FYI, I expanded on Kahn's op-ed over at the Legal ...FYI, I expanded on Kahn's op-ed over at the Legal History Blog today: <BR/>http://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/losing-american-history-at-archives.html (where I often link to OOTJ's excellent posts!). <BR/><BR/>The post end this way: <BR/><BR/>Those magic finds in an archive that can lead to new turns in historical scholarship result not just from the dedicated slogging through the records that characterizes serious historical research. It results from the relationship between the historian and the archivist....Undermining the role of the archivist in the production of American history writing will undermine the way the story of American history itself is told.Mary L. Dudziakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17607431773053262679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14910575.post-43183866520378940802007-03-19T20:39:00.000-04:002007-03-19T20:39:00.000-04:00Thanks, Betsy, for your insightful response. We a...Thanks, Betsy, for your insightful response. We are just finishing up a big renovation project, and we have had to fight many attempts to encroach on library space.Marie S. Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01526344204731209021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14910575.post-71337830604756488652007-03-19T18:00:00.000-04:002007-03-19T18:00:00.000-04:00Thank you, Marie, for this post! Long ago, when I...Thank you, Marie, for this post! Long ago, when I was a library student, I served an internship in the government documents and map dept at the University of KY. I was told then how important it is for librarians to speak up about access and resources. Our patrons don't know that they will be wanting these materials, whether they are archives or govt. documents, or library materials generally. Even library space can be a commodity that looks grabbable for other uses; the faculty and students can't see that next year or the next they'll wish they had that [space, book, document, item] available. (can you tell we are having space planning woes here?)Betsy McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16824582240163409553noreply@blogger.com