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Orphans 04: On Location: Place and Region in Forgotten Films

DORIAN BOWEN scenarios, the way to the legal and ethical high road, with pointed references to the applicability of the SAA Code of Ethics in the specific instances. Benedict’s caveat to users of these case studies is to take from them inspiration for frank dialogue about the issues posited and suggested resolutions, but most of all, to glean relevance to their own personal experiences and ethical principles. Because this volume is meant as a pioneering work on the role of ethics in the archival field, one can forgive the sparseness of sections (just one case study per topic) on “Institutional Best Practices” and “Restrictions on Access to Documents,” while the greater number of examples given on “Appraisal of Collection and Collection Policies,” “An Archivist’s Responsibility to His or Her Employing Institution,” and “Privacy” exemplify some of the more useful, typical dilemmas encountered on the job (such as caution over overextending both human and institutional resources, handling of sensitive and controversial primary materials, and legitimate competition between institutions over acquisitions of collections) to the more atypical (such as the “favorite” patron’s examination of historical plat maps in the pursuit of casual fortune hunting and the assistant archivist who scavenges disposed materials from his institution for resale at the local flea market). The only real lack is the exclusion of case studies on handling mixed-media collections in libraries, historical societies, regional archives, and the more exclusive moving image archive. Benedict wants to forge an image of the archivist as an information gatekeeper serving both the institutional mission and the public interest. To this end, this discreet volume presents itself as a viable manifesto.