4th March 2013, 07:36 PM
I can't believe this will come as a shock to anyone in the archaeological world. I spent 5 years struggling, and mostly failing, to deposit archives at the relevent museums/repositories from our vast backlog of archives created from work that the unit undertook. This problem has been going on for years and has no relation to the current government's cuts, although the spotlight on the issue is very welcome whatever the cause. I have a number of ideas of how things could be eased - I wouldn't dare to presume a cure- but having voiced these to many, in repositories and units alike, and being shocked by their arguments I know that nothing will ever change as to enable that attitudes of those involved need to change and therein lies the problem.