Dear Museum-Lers,

I am interested in knowing any ideas or the pros and cons of having your
artifacts such as pictures of objects on the Internet.  I wanted to do so.
Our Park is a nonprofit
organization that manages the state property and collection, and the
individual with
the State said "no."  However, now they want me to speak at a meeting on the
topic.

To me the collection and artifacts are not just for showing and exhibiting,
but
educational...and the value of research, discovering more about the topic
would open
if they are on the Internet.  I did not imply to put the entire
collection/inventor on, but would like certain items as examples of early
Mormon furniture, Utah pottery, some of
the historic homes, etc.   I know there are researchers who now are
researching our
pottery for MS papers' and reports.  So this is a pro....making a collection
more
accessible for research.

For example, a negative factor is the concerns with copyright and people on
the Web who might take items from the collection they find on the web and use
them for their own
purpose.  So it opens legalities and new issues.

Help, help, OHHHH Help!!!  Any ideas for conversation and a list of pros and
cons
I could discuss at the meeting?

Best, John Martinson, Curator, This Is The Place Heritage Park

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