I studied history so spent enough time in archives to respect the highly specialist skills of archivists. The work they do is very important for historians and journalists now and in the future
I have as well and I also respect the fine skills that archivists possess. I agree, their work is very important for historians and journalists now and in the future.
This entire converstion, however, hangs on what has been (and what hasn't been) reported in this particular article and in others. The writer and editor decided that Mr. Whybrew's involvement in this process is noteworthy (I think it is quite important, actually). It tells us nothing about the composition of the rest of this team, its size, how it is being managed and by whom, etc, so we oughtn't jump to the conclusion that Mr. Whybrew possesses some sort of primacy over this entire process.
The absence of information doesn't prove anything here.
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