Now is the time, I believe, that all of us in the business of history must step forward with our ideas to accomplish such worthy goals. Now is an especially propitious time to champion efforts to train archivists and records managers, to help teachers in making primary source documents available to children in the classroom, and to support programs to make archival materials more easily available, especially through the new technologies. I believe that during the coming period, foundation officials will seek ways to invest in the millennium celebration in truly significant ways that will offer a lasting contribution to history and culture. During the next couple of years, all of us who care about the documentary record must effectively spread the message. Now is the time.
Millenniums only come around every so often.
Roger A. Bruns Return to Index on Cover Page.