librarian grumble

[bunnyjadwiga]

*mumble mumble mumble*
just 'cos you can't find anything out on the open internet on it doesn't mean it's been erased from history.
That's what we *have* specialized resources for.
Just sayin'.

Comments

[deborah]

The thing that shocked me so much since becoming an archivist is how many archives aren't even under bibliographic control, let alone online. Boston Public Library doesn't even know what it has in its archives, and end-users think that if it isn't available on the open web (not to mention behind password databases) that it doesn't even exist, that there's no way to find it. People search and never call a librarian.

[pedropadrao.livejournal.com]

More often than not, they don't search well, nor do many organizations archive their online materials all that well. I have to revise my links at work once every couple of years because offices will change their names or sometimes just vanish without telling anyone.