On Archival Materials, Education, and "Areas" that have lost relevancy

[johnnydecimal (John Noble)]

Moving this to its own thread. See you there if you’re interested.

The Academic Problem: mega-thread to come up with a solution

There’s a long-running thread here discussing ‘the academic problem’. And plenty of mentions of the term in other threads. The ‘default’ JD system doesn’t work well for those in academia. You have more than 10 of some things, e.g. courses. So let’s figure out a solution that everyone can use. I’ll document it as the first standard Johnny.Decimal system. I need your help, because this isn’t a problem that I have. Step 1: define the problem Before we get carried away solving a problem, let’s m…