I'm thankful when I'm asked to participate in this process. I believe I bring added insight to the redacting table, and it makes my job easier because I have to find creative ways of factoring in all the yada yada. I like your "eyeball" theory, Nancy. At 02:56 PM 02/01/2002 -0500, you wrote: >I'm coming at this from the curatorial/historian point of view, but I >believe that the historian must be part of each process of working with >the script. You do not want to run the risk of someone who is changing a >sentence or paragraph to make it easier to read also changing historian facts. > >At the National Postal Museum, the person curating the exhibit is >responsible not only for writing the script, but ensuring that it is also >vetted by outside experts. Our scripts are reviewed for grammar, content, >flow, etc., by exhibit team members and additional staff members as >needed. Our theory has always been the more eyeballs on something, the >better. But the final say has to be with the person who knows the material >and the director of the museum. > > > > >Nancy A. Pope >Curatorial Office >National Postal Museum >Smithsonian Institution >MRC-570 >Washington, DC 20560-0570 > >202-633-9381 >202-633-9393 (fax) >[log in to unmask] >http://www.si.edu/postal Joel Ayala, Jr./Exhibit Designer Museum Division AZ State Library, Archives & Public Records 1700 West Washington Street Phoenix AZ 85007-2812 Phone: (602) 542-4405 Fax: (602) 542-4690 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] www.lib.az.us ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).