The research importance of primary sources is undeniable, but the concept's centrality to archival practice is debatable. Is primary resources a legitimate archival concept? This panel, composed of archivists from government, academic, and corporate worlds, asserts that primary sources is not an archival concept by presenting alternative usage-driven perspectives on the term. Do you disagree? Significant time will be allotted for audience discussion.
Paul Lasewicz: Diminishing Returns: The Value of Primary Resources in a Corporate Archives Leon Miller: The First Archival Meme: Primary Sources and the Search for Archival Identity Kenneth Thibodeau: Beyond The Boundaries: Expanding the Domain of Archival Science and Practice
Director, Special Collections Research Center, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Pam Hackbart-Dean is currently the director of the Special Collections Research Center at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She has been a processing archivist and manager of special collections and archives for 30+ years.
Independent Researcher, National Archives and Records Administration (Retired)
Internationally recognized expert on electronic records/digital preservation. Retired from NARA; directed development federal Electronic Records Archives. SAA Fellow; winner of Emmett Leahey Award; lifetime achievement award from US Archivist.
Archivist for McKinsey & Company. Past Archivist at IBM, Aetna. Board Member of ICA Section on Business Archives; past chair SAA Business Archives Section; past editor of the BAS Newsletter; frequent author and presenter on corporate archives topics.
Head of the Louisiana Research Collection, Tulane University
Curator of the Louisiana Research Collection, Tulane University. Archivist, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Past president of the ACA; past Board Member SAA; SAA Fellow.
