The Compleat Archivist

My partisanship in asking Canadian archivists to welcome this the first issue of Archivaria will be more than evident. Nonetheless, I commend it to the profession as their official journal for publication of research and study towards the advancement of archival science. It is my fond hope that its regular appearance will be met with the anticipation and respect accorded its venerable American and British counterparts. I am confident that there is ample intellectual room for it in Canada and judging by the spread of Canadian archivists writing for other national and international journals the flow of contributions should not be staunched. Of course, in a sense, it is part of the baggage of association created by any discipline but then, without such exposure and contact, how can the archivist adequately test and measure the field?