Good morning, Listserv, I've been following recent threads here with
interest. I especially appreciate the thoughtful way various practitioners
place their advice and perspectives in the context of where they work. This
helps me assess environmental conditions and better understand where there
are shared records and archives practices and values and where there is
customization or differences across a spectrum.

I wrote in a newly published blog post about workplace values that affect
internal and external communications and handling of RIM and archives
issues.
https://archivalexplorations.wordpress.com/2017/07/15/who-we-are-as-people/
or short link http://wp.me/p8GFqI-cw.   You'll see references to some of
the people I've mentioned in prior posts (Kate Theimer, David Ferriero,
Ashley Stevens (including *Star Trek*), Ron Layel).  And to Lance Stuchell,
a blogger who explained how moving from graduate school to the workplace
affected his perspective on archival labor.

One of the people featured in my post is William (Jay) Bosanko, NARA Chief
Operating Officer.  He was Executive in Charge of Agency Services, a high
level NARA unit with Records Management Policy, Information Security and
National Security components (2010-2012) prior to becoming COO December 31,
2012.

AOTUS David Ferriero recently gave an excellent overview of archives and
records work in a presentation to middle school and high school students
during a public service month Career Fair at the National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA).  This was one in a series of events marking
the 100th anniversary of the birth of John F. Kennedy.  If you've read
James Wright's *Enduring Vietnam*, you know that David mentioned JFK in
discussing his service as a Navy Corpsman.  The book identifies some quotes
from interviewees, anonymizes others.

It occurred to me as I listened to the career fair session that just as
people show certain Myers Briggs characteristics, so, too, do various
federal agencies and departments. And that the communications spectrum runs
both ways, often through gatekeepers. Some agencies have better insights
into NARA, federal and academic history, and the purpose of designating
some records as permanent than others.

In the context of issues I raise in my blog post about workplace conditions
that affect RIM and archives, I'm interested in hearing if anyone has
written about distinctive records-related elements that characterize
governmental, corporate, and academic workplaces.  While not as clearly
defined as MBTI is for people, there clearly are elements across a spectrum
that affect assessments of risk, perceptions of mission and stakeholder
obligations, and institutional memory in private and public sector places
of employment.  These affect us in considering "fit" during job searches,
how our careers go, and the lessons we learn and share online and in
person.

Thanks in advance for any links (blog posts, conference sessions, keynote
speeches, journal articles) about that spectrum and its effect that you
might be able to share!

Maarja
@ArchivesMaarja
Blog:  https://archivalexplorations.wordpress.com/
Washington, DC

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