11th September 2006, 02:00 PM
From Silent Bob
On the original question about acknowledgements, it is not always practicable to give each individual a detailed acknowledgement. Some projects may have anywhere from 30-100 people on site, all of whom may have done some recording work. Even providing a simple list of names can become very cumbersome.
Having said that, in my own field (consultancy, nowadays), most reports go out with a corporate badge and no individuals named at all - not even the main author/editor. You can sweat buckets over a project for 2-3 years, and there is no personal acknowledgement.
1man1desk
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Quote:quote:For example: you spend 30 days on a site upon which the director has spent 1 or 2.Someone who spends 1 or 2 days out of 30 on-site is not the 'director', in my view. The director of an excavation or similar project is the person who will be the main author of the report(s), and that person should have been in charge more-or-less full-time on-site. I therefore see the situation you describe as an example of bad practice by the unit and by the individual concerned.
On the original question about acknowledgements, it is not always practicable to give each individual a detailed acknowledgement. Some projects may have anywhere from 30-100 people on site, all of whom may have done some recording work. Even providing a simple list of names can become very cumbersome.
Having said that, in my own field (consultancy, nowadays), most reports go out with a corporate badge and no individuals named at all - not even the main author/editor. You can sweat buckets over a project for 2-3 years, and there is no personal acknowledgement.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished