The Applebaum-Hébert Report: Personal Observations

Abstract

The,following personal observations on the Applebaum-Hhbert report were solicited bjl me through mailing over twentpfive letters to leading individual archivists, those as I therein stated ' ' ~~h o were directlv involved in the FCPRC hearings, the ACAS briefs, earlier comments on the report and the FCPRC processes, or recent thinking on the issues raised by Applebert."Some replied that thqv had hada major part in preparing one ofthe foregoing institutional or association responses and therefore had nothing new to contribute; others that their viefils had been given to deputy ministers or ministers and therefore must remain confidential until officiall~v released; others that they were too busy ~vith other priorities or that they had not .vetseen or read the report; and o f course still others w'ho did not rep1.vat aN by my deadline.The responses.fromthose ~9ho did reply appear below virtually as they were received.Any readers ~vshing f o add their comments to this debate are urged to send them to mefor inclusion in Archivaria 17.

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