Forgive me, but I'm confused. Why would the fact that
one bibliography exists and has been published for a
fee preclude someone else from asking the group which
books/movies they recommend and then, after culling
the responses, put that up as a reference at no cost
to others?
I really don't see this any different than any other
research that is done here on the list, and I'm
confused as to why there was a challenge.
Involved in discussion off-list on this topic, it just
seems to me there are too many who try to stifle
"competition" here. If there is interest, and
obviously this was an animated discussion (again),
multiple sources should be encouraged as a way of
reaching that many more potential museum
afficinados/professionals.
The web is huge. If we want to promote the "industry"
it helps to plug this material in multiple sources.
By narrowing the windows and challenging others who
have the same intent--whether for fee or for free--the
ultimate potential resource base is winnowed
dramatically.
There are a number of individuals here (Adrienne and
Kim immediately come to mind) who offer to post things
for free or for minimal cost. I'm not sure why they
are challenged.
I, too, would like to see the legal foundation that
supports the allegation that having researched the
information here and then posting it violates
someone's copyright.
Anybody have cites to that?
From: "Barbara F. Zucker"
Hello:
The following publications, conference programs, and
annotated bibliographies
deal with the museum in print and nonprint media.
Barbara Fleisher Zucker, "Nonprint Souces about
Museums: A Bibliography," 43
pages, ERIC, microfiche # ED 212 275.
Barbara Fleisher Zucker, "The Museum in Children's
Fiction," Museum News 63,
no. 2 (December 1984): 57-65.
Barbara Fleisher Zucker, "Musing about Museums," Book
Links [published by the
American Library Assoc.] 3, no. 2 (November 1993), pp
11-18, 20.
At the annual AAM 1994, 1995, and 1996 meetings
sessions were devoted to the
subject of the museum in print and nonprint media. In
Seattle (1994) it was
"Murder Mysteries and Museums) and in Philadelphia
(1995) "Hollywood and
Museums" both sessions by Patrick H. Butler, Elisa
Phelps and Sally Shelton. In
addition to the sessions, bibliographies were printed
in the conference Sourcebook.
The session in Minneapolis (1996) "Levels of Reality:
Media and Children's
Perceptions of Museums" included the Butler, Phelps,
Shelton, and Zucker. For
this session three bibliographies were distributed:
"Murder in the Museum III: A
Bibliography," "Hollywood at the Museum: A
Filmography," both updates of the
1994 and 1995 editions and "Levels of Reality: Media
and Children's
Perceptions of Museums," a 38 page annotated
bibliography.
In 1996 the three bibliographies were not included in
the conference
Sourcebook because it was being discontinued after
this meeting and AAM asked
participants to distribute their bibliographies at the
session although brief remarks
were included in the Sourcebook, pp 49-53, 57. Fifty
copies of each
bibliography were available at the 1996 session. Due
to interest expressed Zucker made
her bibliography available at cost (photocopy/postage)
to those requesting it
and in 2000 she prepared list of books published since
1995 in 2000.
Posting on this listserv and others demonstrate that
interest in the museum
in print and nonprint media continues.
Barbara Fleisher Zucker
Indigo Nights
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