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David Luck
@dluckarchivist.bsky.social
Archivist at Bethlem Museum of the Mind, London, UK. Memory boy. All poorly thought out views his own. Contact at 'archives' on https://tinyurl.com/58tkxrb7

He/him.
...but it's really more of a guideline than a rule..
November 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
That's awful all-round Ruth, sorry to hear that.
November 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Dammit, couldn't even spell it right.
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Important work talking about the factor fextectorans though.
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Aw, I've heard similar things from just about everyone.

Mind you, some of the same folk also told me Phil put on the accent for TV, so I'm never quite sure what to think.
November 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Oh, Miiiick!

[Contemporaries of mine who met him always said he was the nicest man, so fair play]
November 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Ha, I did the 'clap' one a bit late and it looked like I was applauding the next person, who was demonstrably wrong! Online meetings are a minefield...
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
(also, thank you, I was a bit worried I hadn't got my point over, given the deafening silence after!)
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Yeah, I don't think the current doctors realised how old the principles that underpin the records system are!
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Gold star to the person who made the point that good recordkeeping leads to good archives, which got a little lost in the chat!
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
And if so, what do we need to do as record keepers? A hell of a lot, in terms of data transfer and operability, of course- but what struck me was how radical the quite commonsense stuff in the meeting actually was.
November 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
So does the digital give us a chance to rework this, to ask patients and practitioners what they want, and how it should be managed?
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The laws, structures and methods that govern the sector have always come from the administrative organisations governing them, and these usually (tho not always) come from a place of management of cost and risk.
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Big Hilly J! Back when he was just 'Mr' as well.

Love the way they decide that the basement is the best place for the archives too.
November 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM