Emerald@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 7 months agoThere's certainly some overlaplemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1613
arrow-up1613imageThere's certainly some overlaplemmy.worldEmerald@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarejeremyparker@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 months agoAs a librarian irl, if I could make a horribly reductive characterization of the difference: Librarians’ top priority is providing access Archivists’ top priority is preservation Do you seed? You’re a librarian Leech and no seed? Archivist be a librarian, we’re better
minus-squareSpacehookslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoGood call on the distinction. Makes sense.
As a librarian irl, if I could make a horribly reductive characterization of the difference:
Librarians’ top priority is providing access Archivists’ top priority is preservation
Do you seed? You’re a librarian Leech and no seed? Archivist
be a librarian, we’re better
Good call on the distinction. Makes sense.