It's interesting that some people's lives revolve around their
computers so much that their immediate response to a request for
assistance with any little problem is "new software"! I'd love to see
some studies of the relationship between computers and reading
comprehension (I'll bet some of you have bibliographies). I have never
even thought of looking for a book or checklist about the exhibition
process because I've always assumed that this would vary considerably
from institution to institution. If generic checklists exist, I would
think they would need to be customized to fit your situation. Some
discussion of the utility of generic checklists and relevant how-to
manuals would be very interesting.
       I recently viewed a videotape about Picasso and Braque, which
concludes with a brief documentary about the planning and installation
of the Picasso/Braque/Cubism show at the Museum of Modern Art, and was
impressed by how different that process was from the way we handle
exhibitions in my museum; these two methods would require very different
timelines and checklists. I think curators and exhibition teams at
separate institutions ultimately need to develop and fine-tune their own
individual checklists. There's no substitute for experience.

--David Haberstich