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Re: Skirting the dreaded...
Just don't call me late for dinner, and I'm happy.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric v.d. Luft, Ph.D., M.L.S. [mailto:lufte@MAIL.UPSTATE.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 1:29 PM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: Skirting the dreaded...
Dennis wrote:
> Yeah, but think about the possibilities! Who needs to use "CA" when
for a mere $500 you can call
> yourself an ARCHIVIST! ("I pledged my $500, so I can now call myself
an ARCHIVIST!" So much for
> graduate school!) I wonder if we could persuade them to create a "CA"
category for those who
> REALLY feel the need for those two letters (for a price, of course)...
A lot of people call me an "archivist" even though I'm a rare book
librarian. They don't have a clue
about the difference. They just figure, "He deals with old stuff, so
he's an archivist." It's
absolutely futile for me to explain to them that it's not fair to REAL
archivists to call me an
"archivist," because I don't have that set of qualifications. They never
catch on.
Bottom line: If you want to be called an "archivist," become a rare book
librarian! ;->
Cheers!
Eric
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