good points.  While often claimed, are there cases of thefts to order?  You
are also right,  your database on the net has little to do with thefts.

david nystuen
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrienne Deangelis <[log in to unmask]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.museum-l
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: Web databases - the other consideration


>Hello--it does seem that the problem with the thefts mentioned is more a
>lack of supervision and poor management than one of excessive information.
>It also seems to me that if full information about a museum's holdings
>were easily available the victimized museum would be able to provide
>enough details about the lost objects to seriously crimp resale efforts by
>the thieves.
>        Is there any proof to the long-cited claim that museum holdings
>are often stolen to order?  Any cases that can be cited?
>
>        Adrienne DeAngelis
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>