>To get the ball rolling, I'll suggest that we use the following subject
>prefixes:
>
>admin           administrative (staffing, salaries, etc.)
>polic           collections policies
>exhib           exhibition issues
>storg           storage issues and practices
>instal          installation practices and materials
>trtmt           conservation treatment and materials
>envir           environment monitoring and control (RH, T, pests, pollutants)
>artist          information on artists/artisans
>travl           travel related queries
>
>You get the idea.  Doubtless that I've left out some important topics.
>Perhaps as we post other topics we can adopt a provisional prefix for the
>topic.

Perhaps include additional ones like these if we choose to go that route.
intrn for internships and professional training
empl for job postings
objct for object and collection queries
confr for conferences and meetings


We could use prefix codes such as above, but I recognize that if there are
too many of these it could get pretty confusing (additional acronyms to
learn.)  I am not sure that at this point subject names need to be
standardized, because there are too many out there which pertain the broad
umbrella of museums to pigeon-hole into subject codes.  Instead, we should
allow subscribers to define their own subject headings as they feel
appropriate.  We might suggest that subscribers who post messages simply
use a maximum of one to three words to describe the subject matter.

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