Weekly Theme: Week of July 1-7, 2018

The Theme for this Week is Archives.  In the past, I have likened Archives, with Public Libraries.  Whereas these are similar (even to the San Francisco Public Library, having "Archives", in their Basement Level), there are differences, including ones, pointed out by a Women's Research Website.  According to this site, Libraries "collect and provide access to published materials in order to keep people informed, promote scholarship and provide entertainment",  whereas Archives "collect and provide access to unpublished materials in order to ensure government accountability and to preserve institutional and cultural memory".   In other words, it may be fairly easy for an "ordinary person" to look up Books in a Library, whereas it may be anywhere from difficult, to perhaps even illegal for an "ordinary person" to find material in, say, a Government Archive. 

Please note, that there are other meanings to the word Archive, such as preserving your own data, whether computerized or not.