Comments on: How to Organize Photos: Warning! This Advice May Shock You http://practicalarchivist.com/how-to-organize-photos-warning-this-advice-may-shock-you/ Mon, 01 Aug 2011 02:29:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Rolf F. Katzenberger http://practicalarchivist.com/how-to-organize-photos-warning-this-advice-may-shock-you/comment-page-1/#comment-368 Rolf F. Katzenberger Wed, 07 May 2008 13:06:00 +0000 http://practicalarchivist.com/how-to-organize-photos-warning-this-advice-may-shock-you/#comment-368 Hi Sally, I agree that at least paper photographs can pose some difficulties, space-wise.<br/><br/>However, we must keep in mind that future generations will make use of pictures in ways we can hardly imagine today. This might turn many worthless snapshots into valuable data - if they survive.<br/><br/>I've blogged a little about this <a HREF="http://www.evomend.net/en/archiving-learn-sergey-mikhaylovich-prokudin-gorsky" REL="nofollow">here</a> Hi Sally, I agree that at least paper photographs can pose some difficulties, space-wise.

However, we must keep in mind that future generations will make use of pictures in ways we can hardly imagine today. This might turn many worthless snapshots into valuable data – if they survive.

I’ve blogged a little about this here

]]> By: Sally J. http://practicalarchivist.com/how-to-organize-photos-warning-this-advice-may-shock-you/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Sally J. Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:17:00 +0000 http://practicalarchivist.com/how-to-organize-photos-warning-this-advice-may-shock-you/#comment-362 <b>Archives students, yay!</b><br/><br/>@Erin - Good work. Keep the keepers and lose the dreck. <br/><br/>@Alan - I'll have to add "Appraise and Destroy" to my lectures. Wonder if I can fake a Darth Vader voice? <br/><br/>Of course, you don't really have to destroy anything. There are plenty of options for items you don't want to keep yourself. I'm going to have an article about that soon. Archives students, yay!

@Erin – Good work. Keep the keepers and lose the dreck.

@Alan – I’ll have to add “Appraise and Destroy” to my lectures. Wonder if I can fake a Darth Vader voice?

Of course, you don’t really have to destroy anything. There are plenty of options for items you don’t want to keep yourself. I’m going to have an article about that soon.

]]> By: Alan A http://practicalarchivist.com/how-to-organize-photos-warning-this-advice-may-shock-you/comment-page-1/#comment-359 Alan A Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:48:00 +0000 http://practicalarchivist.com/how-to-organize-photos-warning-this-advice-may-shock-you/#comment-359 When in doubt, throw it out.. I love that one! On my professional archive course we had the simple motto "appraise and destroy."<br/><br/>Alan A When in doubt, throw it out.. I love that one! On my professional archive course we had the simple motto “appraise and destroy.”

Alan A

]]> By: Erin http://practicalarchivist.com/how-to-organize-photos-warning-this-advice-may-shock-you/comment-page-1/#comment-354 Erin Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:37:00 +0000 http://practicalarchivist.com/how-to-organize-photos-warning-this-advice-may-shock-you/#comment-354 Thanks for this. I'm a student archivist mired in the depths of a crazy appraisal course. I enjoyed hearing your thoughts on it and even weeded my own photo collection last weekend in honor of accepting the fact that, in all honesty, you just can't keep, and dont need, to keep it all. Thanks for this. I’m a student archivist mired in the depths of a crazy appraisal course. I enjoyed hearing your thoughts on it and even weeded my own photo collection last weekend in honor of accepting the fact that, in all honesty, you just can’t keep, and dont need, to keep it all.

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