Supporters of a new paradigm for electronic records promote the notion of 'post-custodialism,' which defines a centralized archives as 'an archives of last resort.' New paradigm supporters urge archivists to 'cease being identified as custodians of recor

Supporters of a new paradigm for electronic records promote the notion of 'post-custodialism,' which defines a centralized archives as 'an archives of last resort.' New paradigm supporters urge archivists to 'cease being identified as custodians of records' because, among other things, this role 'is not professional.' An archives with custody is 'an indefensible bastion and a liability.' These writers maintain that creators of records or other institutions, whether they are archives or not, can take care of archival records.