Discussion

Hey Eric,

solid job so far. I feel that you offer the right amount of coverage for this area, and your sub-topics underneath "development" are of note. Great choice in also discussing RM, and I agree with you that it is difficult to talk about modern archives history without mentioning RM. I agree with Allison about dividing up it even more and into the topics she suggested, but I am not sure how feasible that is in the short time we have left in the year, and given that, I think your choice of topics is appropriate. If I have to pick on one thing I have to say that I would like to see a slightly more extensive overview. Otherwise, nice writing with a good wiki "voice" - after reading your wiki I feel like I learned a lot about the modern history of archives that we learned in our core courses, too bad I didn't have your wiki then, I could have slept in more often. Looking forward to more of your work Mr. W.

Best,

V

Hi Mr. W,

this is a follow-up comment to my original one: your overview is concise and gets across what your wiki is about. For some reason - and I apologize because I can't remember exactly how your page looked like when I commented a week ago - I still think your overview could use a bit more "meat" (for example, mention real briefly the variations in Canadian and American archival practice), but having said that, it does the job and gets the reader into your wiki right away. I would like to see a bit more in the rise of archival consciousness section regarding what archival consciousness means, although, this doesn't have to be extensive, but just to get a bit more of an understanding of what this means in the American and Canadian contexts.

Otherwise, I think your wiki is coming along nicely, and looking forward to the finished product tomorrow.

Take care,

V

Hello my fellow pod mate,

This is an addendum to my prior posting as I was literally thrown off the computer by a heathen (also known as my sister) who supposedly needed it more than myself. Hence, the abruptness of the last posting, sorry if it seemed rude, it was definitely not mean to do any harm.

I wanted to say in the last post that I also thought you're "challenges" and final section on records management are great and do a really nice job of wrapping up your wiki (at least as it is now). I think you identify the major issues facing modern archives, and your discussion of records management is a nice segue into what the near (and realistic) future holds for archives.

I didn't emphasize enough in my last post how much I am looking forward to the midnight draft tomorrow (wikis are always evolving, hence, perhaps not ever final?), because I am most definitely looking forward to it.

Take care,

V