I was home sick yesterday and caught the Ruby Slipper Incident.  I must
admit to being horrified.  The poor Smithsonian director looked like he
couldn't believe it was happening.  But what are you going to do?  Tackle
Oprah?  It's a lesson for those of us considering giving the media access to
our collections.  How far does that access go?  It was obvious there had
been no object handling training for Ms. Winfrey.  I checked out the blog
link Kevin left and it looks like registrars need not worry.  Oprah's
viewers are already scolding her themselves.

Jennifer


Jennifer Holt
Curator
Will Rogers Memorial Museums
P.O. Box 157
1720 West Will Rogers Boulevard
Claremore, Oklahoma 74018
t:  918.343.8124
f.  918.343.8119
www.willrogers.com




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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] The Ruby Slipper incident

Any Registrars out there going to write a letter to our friend Oprah 
explaining why her actions were inappropriate:

http://www.originalprop.com/blog/?p=1496

"Do not arouse the wrath of the great and powerful Oz."

Kevin

-- 
Kevin P. Schlesier
Exhibits and Outreach Librarian
Special Collections Research Center 
North Carolina State University Libraries 
2205 Hillsborough Street 
Campus Box 7111 
Raleigh, NC 27695-7111 

919-513-8087 (phone) 
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