You might want to talk to the folks at the Chicago Historical Society, who
are doing something similar with their archives (OCLC) and objects (Argus).
Try Russell Lewis (312 642-4600) for more information.


Janice Klein
Registrar, The Field Museum
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At 03:22 PM 1/19/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>The College of Physicians of Philadelphia is doing some basic research
>on a proposed project to integrate the Mutter Museum's database of
>medical artifacts with the OCLC and RLIN cataloged collections of CPP's
>Medical Library.  Project results would be used on the internet, and for
>in-house use.
>
>Currently we know of two relevant models, the Cleveland Library Group's
>work with the Dittrick Museum, and the Kansas City Museum model
>described in AASLH Technical Leaflet #179, "Archival Materials in the
>History Museum: A Strategy for Their Management" (1992), by Lisa Gavin
>and Paul Eisloeffel.  We would appreciate any additional information in
>the following areas, or any other relevant areas you happen to think of.
>
>*       Other institutions/consortiums involved in similar projects
>(whether they were put into effect, planned or merely dreamed of among
>your friends and co-workers).
>
>*       Observations from people who have actually used the results of a
>combined database
>
>*       Controlled vocabularies and Thesauri specific to medical history
>and medical/biological artifacts
>
>If others members show interest, please reply on-list, otherwise please
>contact me directly.
>
>Thanks.
>Margaret Lyman
>Collections Manager, Mutter Museum, College of Physicians of
>Philadelphia
>215-563-3737, ext.244
>215-561-6477(fax)
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