Intellectual secrets

I was sent a link to an article by James Somers titled 'Keepers of the secrets' which relates to his experience when visiting the archives division of the New York Public Library.

The most quotable quote from the article has to be - 

"The real work, though, in processing a collection, is intellectual. The goal is to make the files you’ve received findable"

In an age when people say Google has all the answers to your information questions, and when economic rationalists question the value of extra time and effort expended on a bibliographic record, this is a refreshing affirmation.
Go James!
James Somers is a writer and programmer based in New York.

Pleasant Creek sold

Further to a previous post - "Abandoned in Pleasant Creek" way back in February 2008, the site was finally been leased.

According to the Stawell Times News Keenan Quinsee from Ballan is the new owner of the old hospital buildings.
He intends to clean up the site and then operate Aradale-style ghost tours.
Keenan also has other potential ideas for utilising some of the buildings (Christmas in July festival next year, a weekend night market, live music events in the summer, a bean bag cinema, wine bar and cafe and a three-dimensional artistic mural), including the very utilitarian looking concrete offices near the highway as retail space.