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elspethdixon) wrote2006-10-25 03:58 pm
elspethdixon) wrote2006-10-25 03:58 pm
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Archival journals are boring, boring, boring...
Hah! Done with my stupid article reviews for archive class (the one on the relative merits of various kinds of microfilm was interesting. The one about current challenges in the preservation field was dull but thought-provoking. The one about collection developement--with diagrams!--made me want to gouge my eyes out from sheer boredom).
Said articles did not have a unifying theme, due to my selecting them from Academic Search Premiere at random, so I made one up and claimed that they all dealt with the effects of changing technology on the archival profession.
It was nowhere near as emotionally satisfying as BS-ing about the construction of American identity. Being pretentious about history is fun. Being pretentious about the relative merits of print media vs. electronic media is pointless.
Said articles did not have a unifying theme, due to my selecting them from Academic Search Premiere at random, so I made one up and claimed that they all dealt with the effects of changing technology on the archival profession.
It was nowhere near as emotionally satisfying as BS-ing about the construction of American identity. Being pretentious about history is fun. Being pretentious about the relative merits of print media vs. electronic media is pointless.