Lost cities and found documents: do we ever discover in archives? | The
National Archives blog
The day all collections are completely digitised (to do this in Europe
would cost billions so I’m not panicked) will be simultaneously cool and a
bit dull. But it won’t stop discovery because discovery is an intellectual
process. People will still find new knowledge in collections even if they
aren’t physically discovering new documents. Because it isn’t objects,
documents or films which change, it is our state of knowledge about them.
This true of a lot of discovery – gravity was working perfectly well before
Isaac Newton noticed it. Discovery is not about seeing something but about
making a connection. Researchers look at documents every single day which
might be thrilling if read by someone else but aren’t the thing they
personally are looking for and so are passed over. The real myth about
discovery in archives is not discovery itself – it happens! – but that the
discoverer is solely responsible.

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