On Sep 10, 1996 14:15:38, '"Patricia Davis-Perkins (Tel 776 8442)"' wrote:


>I am interested in hearing from anyone out there, who has  had experience
in
>operating, coping and perhaps flourishing in the use of a Library
Information
>system for the documentation of material culture collections. In
particular,
>what are the pleasures or pitfalls of  using MARC format Coding to
document
>the objects to standards similar to our Library colleagues.

I published a short article on the applicability of MARC to museum object
cataloging.  It appeared in SPECTRA, vol. 22, no. 4 (Summer 1995).  I can
e-mail an ascii version of this paper to anyone who requests a copy.  If I
receive a sufficient number of requests, I'll post it to the list.
--

Robert A. Baron
Museum Computer Consultant
P.O. Box 93, Larchmont N.Y. 10538
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Robert A. Baron
Museum Computer Consultant
P.O. Box 93, Larchmont N.Y. 10538
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