As I was reading this follow up article, I kept thinking: where are the “good archivists”? Although I am not a member of ARSC, so I don’t have a huge amount of leverage here, it seems to me that while the spotlight is on this issue, it would really behoove the organization to take this opportunity to make a public statement criticising UMG’s practices before and after the fire and to illustrate best practices around the preservation of our cultural music heritage. It seems that an opportunity to reach a large mass audience with these issues will rarely come again. I’m sure Jody Rosen, the author of these articles, would be responsive.

Jeremy

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On Jun 27, 2019, at 12:00 AM, ARSCLIST automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:

Date:    Wed, 26 Jun 2019 01:44:54 -0400
From:    Jeff Willens <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Subject: New UMG fire follow up

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/magazine/universal-music-fire-bands-list-umg.html

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