>Well. This certainly seems to be an area of personal opinion,
>strongly held. Into that danger zone let me introduce a fact:
>There is a cluster on this topic in the professional
>literature. NEDCC "Technical Leaflet" "Storage Methods and
>Handling Practices," for example. Does anyone except me
>remember the existence of "professional literature?"

To Henry and the rest of the list:
I agree that there are a lot of people on the list who would rather ask
than do their own research (mostly students, I think). But there are also a
lot of people who (myself included) who would read if they had ready access
to the "professional literature." Many of us have other primary jobs and
are trying to work with a small museum or historical society on the side.
Maybe this isn't appropriate; maybe all "museum" work should go to "museum
professionals" with the appropriate degrees and credentials. On the other
hand, maybe all of you who are producing brochures and flyers on your own
should leave all that to the professional graphic designers, like myself
(just kidding :)

Anyhow, we need to recognize that not everyone has the same resources. If
it's not in my office or in the University library, I probably do not have
the time to find it, let alone read it, and in the time/money/activity
crunch I suspect many others are in the same boat. Perhaps instead of us
all saying, "Why haven't you read such and such" we should be saying, "I'm
putting in the mail to you a copy of ."

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