CentraLUG meeting last night

[Ted Roche]

Sorry, the remark didn't have much context. We were talking about the  
state archives and how the government has a legitimate concern about  
being able to retain and retrieve documents. Electronic storage  
introduces new questions, which Massachusetts is struggling through now.

Someone asked if we'd been to the NH Archives, as he has had occasion  
to do. He stated that the archivists could help you locate documents  
from a particular agency and/or year, but that individual departments  
were responsible for what was actually archived. You would be guided  
to a set of white boxes, perhaps dozens for a productive agency, and  
would then need to wade into the boxes to locate a particular  
document. All of us had visions of the closing scenes from Indiana  
Jones where the Arc of the Covenant is towed off into a warehouse so  
large its far end disappears into the haze.

Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com


On Nov 9, 2005, at 10:10 AM, Larry Cook wrote:

> Hi Ted,
>
> Thanks for the meeting summary.
>
>> - New Hampshire's state archives - shades of Indiana Jones!
>
> Could you provide a little info on this?  I'm familiar with the  
> other things you mentioned, but not this one.
>
> Thanks,
> Larry
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