Usually to share information with others (curators) who might want to borrow
from you, or to provide some educational info for students/scholars or the
media who are writing papers.  Of course you will not post sensitive
information such as donor names or insurance values, but just enough for
someone doing a search on objects to realize what may be in that museum's
collection, and whether they should make further arrangements to visit that
museum if more research is required.

O

Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator
Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard
Yorba Linda, CA  92886
(714) 993-5075, ext. 224; Fax (714) 528-0544

----- Original Message -----
From: Cynthia L. Ogorek <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: Collections Records on the Internet


> I'd like to broaden this discussion....why would we want to publish our
> collections records in the first place?
>
> Cynthia Ogorek
> Matteson Historical Museum
> Matteson, IL
>
> Martha Jackson wrote:
> >
> > What is the general feeling of museum professionals regarding placing
> > collections records on the Internet--should all records in your database
> > be made available, whether they are accurate or not?  Or should you make
> > available only those records that have been updated and are accurate,
> > periodically uploading new & corrected records?
> >
>
> > PS--Sensitive information would not appear.
>
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