http://archivesfound.com/2008/10/03/two-to-six-for-mr-lorello/ Thinking critically about the archival impulse Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:58:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://archivesfound.com/2008/10/03/two-to-six-for-mr-lorello/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Heather Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:47:23 +0000 http://archivesfound.com/2008/10/03/two-to-six-for-mr-lorello/#comment-101 There's a lot of press when a patron like E. Forbes Smiley steals from a library, and rightly so. But when someone charged with protecting the public trust is doing it-- and apparently has been doing it since 1997-- how can we prepare for that? Obviously I'd rather not have examples of wrongdoing like this, but when it does happen, we need to be using this within the profession as a cautionary tale. How can we further enforce that? I'm not sure. But it seems to me that most of our security precautions are based on keeping outsiders out of the collections, not keeping collections inside. Perhaps there needs to be more discussion about a shift in security perspectives. There’s a lot of press when a patron like E. Forbes Smiley steals from a library, and rightly so. But when someone charged with protecting the public trust is doing it– and apparently has been doing it since 1997– how can we prepare for that? Obviously I’d rather not have examples of wrongdoing like this, but when it does happen, we need to be using this within the profession as a cautionary tale. How can we further enforce that? I’m not sure. But it seems to me that most of our security precautions are based on keeping outsiders out of the collections, not keeping collections inside. Perhaps there needs to be more discussion about a shift in security perspectives.

]]> http://archivesfound.com/2008/10/03/two-to-six-for-mr-lorello/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Russell D. James, CA Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:41:04 +0000 http://archivesfound.com/2008/10/03/two-to-six-for-mr-lorello/#comment-94 Maybe this will serve as an example we can use when trying to enforce the ethical guidelines of our profession? We sure need such examples. Maybe this will serve as an example we can use when trying to enforce the ethical guidelines of our profession? We sure need such examples.

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