Don't worry about the footnotes and only glance over the charts. We're more interested in his main points.
First some background... This article was a really big deal in the archives community both because the article has a common sense approach as well as being theoretically interesting. It has lead many archivists to make sweeping changes in the way they appraise and process collections. Mr. Greene is the director of the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming and is the President of the Society of American Archivists.
1. Most archivisits consider historians to be their primary customers (both in importance and in number), but Greene discounts this idea. Do you agree or disagree with his opinion in this regard?
2. How do you think that a donor would react if they learned that their collection was ranked in the lowest "tier" or "documentation level?"
3. Note his opinion about internet research on pg. 328. Is their a problem with his assessment?
4. So how would an Archive go about implementing the "Minnesota Method?"