Hello all, First I would like to thank everyone for all of their help with some questions about textiles that I had a couple of weeks ago. I hope you all will be nice enough to help me out again with another question... There is a debate occurring between the director of my institution and myself. By the way, the director had previously held the position that I am now in and had a part in what I believe to be the issue. That said, the museum's collection contains many photographic negatives. In the past, print copies of those negatives had been made for use in exhibitions or for service requests. However, after the photographic print was made it was then accessioned into the collection. So, currently we have a negative with one number and a print of that negative with another number. In some cases both the print and the negative were given the same number. I personally don't think that the prints should be accessioned at all but should be put in a reference file for future use. However, the director says that they are valid as collections items and that if you follow my argument then we shouldn't accession any photographic prints at all and only negatives. Since, he says, in actuality all photographic prints are essentially copies from a negative. I understand the merits of his argument but was wondering if anybody had any thoughts or has faced a similar situation. (I won't be offended if you take his side!) Also, does anyone know of any printed sources that deal with these issues? Sorry for the long post and thank you in advance. Laura L. Hortz Curator of Collections Siouxland Heritage Museums Sioux Falls, SD 605-367-4210 ext 3021 _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ========================================================= 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).