Lögberg-Heimskringla - 15.09.2018, Síða 4

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4 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • September 15 2018
The devastating fire that
recently destroyed the
National Museum of
Brazil in Rio de Janeiro should
serve as a warning to museums
and archives everywhere, and
inspire action on the part people
who believe it’s important to
properly preserve the records
and heirlooms of the past. It is
simply impossible to calculate
the loss from this particular fire,
which destroyed artifacts that
were genuinely unique – many
of them thousands of years old
and irreplaceable.
In Winnipeg, the city
archives is presently being
housed in an old warehouse.
According to the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation,
“The city's archival collection
houses municipal and privately
donated documents dating back
to 1873, and is valued at more
than $4 million for insurance
purposes, according to the City
of Winnipeg Archives' annual
report for 2017.”
However, the simple truth
is that the collection isn’t
worth that much – it’s actually
priceless. If its contents were
lost, they would be lost forever.
As local historian Christian
Cassidy said to the CBC, “I
think it’s important to note that
if something happens to these
materials because they’re not
being stored properly, that's it.
You don’t get to recreate them.”
The city’s archives were to
be housed in the old Carnegie
Library on William Avenue,
which was being restored
in 2013 when its roof was
damaged in a heavy rainstorm.
If the work had been completed,
it would have been a double win
– the restoration of a historically
significant building and a state-
of-the-art home for the archives
within it.
Archives and museums are
under threat everywhere, and it’s
not just the elements that make
them vulnerable – these places
simply aren’t priorities for most
governments and educational
institutions. More often than
not, policy-makers view them as
little more than storage closets
rather than the treasure chests of
history and culture that they are.
Their funding is more often an
afterthought than a priority.
Digitization has helped
to preserve documentary
history and make records and
manuscripts more available.
Iceland’s timarit.is and
handrit.is are noteworthy
examples of digital repositories.
But governments, universities,
and other public institutions
should not be cutting their
library and archives budgets
because records are being
digitized and people are reading
ebooks. It’s still important to
keep tangible copies – paper and
papyrus, parchment and vellum
– and the volume will only
grow. Digitization increases
availability and speeds access, it
doesn’t obviate the need to keep
hard copies.
Iceland stands out as
a country that considers
expenditures on museums and
archives to be an investment in
cultural awareness and under-
standing. Iceland’s national
museum, regional museums,
libraries, and network of
heritage sites are as central to
the country’s identity as its
magnificent natural wonders.
When it comes to conserving its
historical treasures, Iceland is a
model for the rest of the world.
Stefan’s Saga
Stefan Jonasson
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