4th September 2007, 07:28 PM
Couldn't agree with Vuples more. I took some offence to the wording - I think I'm a pretty good curator, thank you very much, and objected to the suggestion that we're all a bunch of muppets. I know there are some curators who are perhaps less robust than others, but I will not be tarred with the same brush.
I also think you need to be VERY careful about trying to standardise curatorial response. That way lies a lot of tick boxes, and the way to an unskilled workforce. Each county, area and site are different, and part of the skill in the curators role is being able to respond appropriately to specific situations.
The germ of an idea is certainly here, and as hurting-back says, if you're going to talk to government may as well make it something they could conceivably act upon. Especially with the thought that the White Paper could be passed into legislation within the next few years.
But can't agree with the way this is phrased.
ML
I also think you need to be VERY careful about trying to standardise curatorial response. That way lies a lot of tick boxes, and the way to an unskilled workforce. Each county, area and site are different, and part of the skill in the curators role is being able to respond appropriately to specific situations.
The germ of an idea is certainly here, and as hurting-back says, if you're going to talk to government may as well make it something they could conceivably act upon. Especially with the thought that the White Paper could be passed into legislation within the next few years.
But can't agree with the way this is phrased.
ML