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-----Original Message-----
From: Joy Mott [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 1999 10:12 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Request for Services Clearinghouse
I'm a museum director and also one of the volunteer editors at the Open
Directory Project (ODP) www.dmoz.org
I edit museum listings and under Reference: Museums we've begun a museum
resources category there that will have (or may already have) many of the
resources you're looking for. I've just started compiling those resources,
but there are already over 110 listed. I'm hoping to add many more to it. If
you don't see a category or service listed there, e-mail me & I'll try to
add it to the list. By the way, this is a comprehensive international
listing of museum resources, from the Finnish Museum Association to the
Chicora Foundation in South Carolina.
As director of a small museum, I certainly know first hand the frustrations
involved in looking for specific information or services. The Open Directory
Project is a wonderful opportunity for us to have a good source for
information. The ODP's goal is to produce the most comprehensive directory
of the web through volunteer editors.
Joy Mott
North House Museum
----- Original Message -----
From: Beth Macdonald
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.museum-l
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 4:55 PM
Subject: Request for Services Clearinghouse
Hello, List!
Hunting around in the archives today I stumbled across a few references
lamenting the lack of a central source of services, artisans, and
fabricators that service the museum, science center and heritage community.
One such:
"Without a comprehensive list of exhibit builders, I have been forced to
tackle this project in a piecemeal fashion so far." - Thomas Willmitch
Director, The Science Center of West Virginia
Certainly, AAM and other associations provide market place referrals, and
advertising space for those who wish to purchase it, but they present a
partial view, at best of the array of talented folks desiring to serve.
Getting well rounded, competitively priced bids and proposals for upcoming
exhibits and various services can be a time consuming task for staff already
spread very thinly.
Would a moderated web page on which museums, science centers, heritage house
etc could post requests for proposals be a useful tool to the community?
Federal and state governments have long used this system to invite bids.
This need not be anywhere near as formal as those...and much more user
friendly to post!
I envision a page on which people with needs would fill in fields that
describe the services they seek, the deadline for response, and contact
information. For those who do not have access to the internet, the
information could be faxed, and the moderator would add it to the page. If
marketing circumstances require that your specific museum or exhibit is not
publicized, a blind ad and "mailbox" style response could be available. The
moderator would delete outdated posts, as necessary, or the submitter could
request that the posting be removed if enough response has been received.
It would be free to those requesting services, free to anyone who accesses
the page. If vendors desired an automatic email of new opportunities, there
would be a modest subscription fee. Additionally, the page might carry some
advertising, to help defray costs.
What do you think? I would like to hear both from those seeking services,
and those providing. Post to the list, or directly to me..whatever works.
Thanks in advance..
Beth Macdonald
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415.752.6511
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