At The Children's Museum we are exploring putting some information about
our collections on the 'net.  We definitely will not be linking our
in-house network to the internet out of concern for security, and just
plain boring the public to death with data about 100,000+ objects!

Robin Lipp
Collections Manager
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis

On Wed, 13 Dec 1995, Anne Douglas wrote:

> The director of the Ackland Art Museum and I have been debating the
> various merits of a Web site catalogue which is integrated with our
> internal collection records vs. a Web catalogue which is a separate
> entity.
>
> Surely some of you have analyzed these options?  Is it better to have your
> in-house system linked directly to the Web (less duplication of effort) or
> is it preferable to have separate, duplicate records on-line (better
> security for confidential information)?
>
> We have reached a point where we are talking in circles.  Please help us!
> I welcome and encourage any advice or suggestions, either to the list or
> to my address.  Thank you!  Anne Douglas.
>
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