If I could understand you, Don, I'd do my best to help.  But your offerings
rarely make sense either for grammatical, logical or societal reasons.  I
can't offer a solution to the first issue except that you get someone who
understands what you're on about (and I'm tempted to leave off the word
"about") to clean it up for you.  But on the second two, you need to provide
a context for people, that makes sense to others apart from yourself.  You
appear to live in a world that's more unique than most people's and you'll
need to explain more of your perspective to us before we can assist.  And I
don't just mean in relation to this email.

Grahame Gould
Information Co-ordinator
Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley
Australia
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-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Don Saklad
Sent: Thursday, 17 March 2005 3:26 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: How to engender solutions to problematical records management at
your favorite North American cities' public libraries.

Earlier it was mentioned that I didn't offer a solution to the
problematical handling of historical archival records at public
institutions like our Boston Public Library, Cambridge Public Library
and similarly other North American cities' public libraries own
archives of for example current or recent reports on themselves
respectively written by department heads or city consultants.

One idea is a philanthropically funded chair for a librarian.
Apparently there is resistance to professional records managers
as opposed to librarians or archivists. There are librarians
certified in records management although.

Another approach would be through the Massachusetts
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcaac/aacidx.htm
Historical Records Advisory Board or the Massachusetts
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcrmu/rmuidx.htm
Records Management Unit or the
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcrcb/rcbidx.htm
Massachusetts Records Conservation Board

But people at the http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arccon.htm
responsible agencies are too forgiving to our city public libraries
leadership. Collegiality in that regard does not benefit citizens
enquiring for the records. Instead of sharp critique, collegiality
results in forfeiting the better programs and better guidelines. That
could put BPL, CPL and other cities' public libraries' leadership in a
position to recognize the deficiencies of records management that ties
up personnel and time for information needed to do their own
projects. It could be seen as a cost cutting measure to properly
manage records. But bureaucratic collegial resistance prevails.

So there might be other ideas, hints, tips and pointers out there...
I would like to know more...

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