My personal feeling is that the risk of putting images online (in terms of
letting potential crooks know what's available) is more than balanced by the
ease of identification if the item does turn up missing. But, of course, I'm
in the business of putting content online, so I may be biased!

-- 
Danielle Cunniff Plumer, Coordinator
Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
512.463.5852 (phone) / 512.936.2306 (fax)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum discussion list on behalf of Cutler, Scott
> Sent: Fri 2008-06-13 18:36
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: On line photos of collections and thefts
>
> Many museums are considering putting their collection's database on line,
> including photos of the objects.  Having recently read older reports about
> thefts in museums - "smash and dash" variety - I wondered if there has been
> any evidence of these kinds of robberies (or others) in museums being
> planned using online databases to target places with valuable objects?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott
>
> Scott Cutler
> Curator of Collections and Exhibits
> Centennial Museum
> The University of Texas at El Paso
> El Paso, TX  79968-0533 (shipping zip is 79902)
> phone: 915-747-6668
> fax: 915-747-5411
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>

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