Would a logo help?

Another good posting by the Records Junkie, this time suggesting archives need a logo akin to what is used for hospitals or libraries. He states:

A logo will let our researchers and our donors know who and what we are. There will be people who don't know what an archivist is who will recognize the archives logo (symbol?) as a place that safeguards and preserves historical materials. They will know who we are, what we do, what we stand for.

Although this is a good idea, I always chuckle when I hear words like "they will know what we do". Right, like the name change we just underwent to become the Faculty of Information. Our old dean tried to tell us it would become like medicine or law, so when asked what we study, all would understand information....(another debate for another time....). But the Records Junkie has a point, had I not become a student in this program, I would never have known what an archives does or where they were. A little logo like the L man reading a book could help the public understand archives or at least know that we're some sort of cultural institution.

I wonder what would work, an "A" made of documents? A magnifying glass? White gloves? A filing cabinet? Something to ponder.