Terry Cooks last talk at an Association of Canadian Archivists conference was the closing plenary in Halifax, June 2010. The 2010 conference theme was aptly Standing on the Shoulders of Giants. Terrys wonderful closing plenary, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Next Generation of Canadian Archivists. Reflections and Prospects can be viewed on-line on the ACA members site under 2010 conference proceedings. The speech was also published in the Summer 2010 ACA Bulletin. Terrys closing lines were: If you are standing on shoulders of giants, all you young archivists, then you should be poised to leap from those shoulders and fly off in exciting new directions. Dont climb off those giants shoulders, slide down their stumpy legs, and tramp along behind in their footsteps. Rather, take the archival ideal, the best from the past, and go and re-invent how society can best archive itself, in an entirely new context of record making and record keeping in a wired, socially networked, and inter-active world. Well, there, thats about all I really wanted to say, to pass that torch to you bright young archivists, who now so happily dominate our associations demographics the past couple of years, and here today, to pass that torch to you to take our profession to a better future as my generation fades into the past. Best Regards, Loryl MacDonald ACA President
Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2014 14:41:26 +0000
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