Before life intervened (i.e., a new job and total exhibit renovation) I had
proposed a session for last fall's AMM (Midwest region) Annual Meeting on
how decisions are/can/should be made about putting collections records
on-line.  (I really wanted to call it "How Much Do They Need to Know", but
conference organizers frown on that kind of "negative" thinking)   Vanessa
Burkhardt at the Indianapolis Museum of Art eventually chaired the session,
so you might want to contact her.   Also Robin Meador-Woodruff at the Kelsey
Museum in Ann Arbor would be a good source since I believe she in the
process of doing this.  I don't think Vanessa's on-line, but Robin can be
reached at [log in to unmask]

Janice

Janice Klein
Director
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Kendall College

-----Original Message-----
From: Cynthia L. Ogorek <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, February 28, 2000 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: Collections Records on the Internet


>I'd like to broaden this discussion....why would we want to publish our
>collections records in the first place?
>
>Cynthia Ogorek
>Matteson Historical Museum
>Matteson, IL
>
>Martha Jackson wrote:
>>
>> What is the general feeling of museum professionals regarding placing
>> collections records on the Internet--should all records in your database
>> be made available, whether they are accurate or not?  Or should you make
>> available only those records that have been updated and are accurate,
>> periodically uploading new & corrected records?
>>
>
>> PS--Sensitive information would not appear.

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