CoOL is a cool site.  The archives and a search engine are on the web along
with links to many preservation/conservation sites.  The e-mail discussion
group is monitored by Walter Henry (a god-send!).  For conservation queries,
write:
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To talk to Walter directly, write:
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Anyone can participate, regardless of expertise.  The Object Group of the
AIC has begun a separate discussion forum that is closed to the general
public.  But CoOL is not.  There are many archives and museum related
questions answered every week.

And, yes, "preservation" encompasses "conservation".  I generally think of
preservation as being broader.

Helen Alten
Field Services Director
The Upper Midwest Conservation Association
2400 3rd Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
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At 01:34 PM 2/13/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I am supposed to give a short presentation tomorrow at an American
>Llibrary Association meeting -- the topic is opportunities for
>museum-library cooperation around the idea of "preservation" which I
>assume means conservation.
>
>Can anyone give me the address for CoOL and tell me how or who gets to
>participate?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Andy Finch
>AAM Government Affairs
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