R E S P E C T

Here's a snippet of a conversation between archivists overheard by Else Churchill, Genealogist at the Society of Genealogists, and posted by her on twitter.

“of course you wouldn’t want every family historian doing their family history touching these documents, but if it’s for an academic project …”

 There were many comments stimulated by that tweet and a blog post Thoughts on collaboration: the start of a manifesto? by Mike Esbester on the Railway Work, Life and Death site (worth a look aside from the blog post).

Archivists are human and sometimes say things they regret. What has been your recent experience in your interactions with archivists?