David, If you are on the west coast, you might want to stop in Monmouth, a very small town in Oregon with a surprisingly fine library, and talk to Director Ron Baker, who brokered a cooperative project "Polk Cooperative History Project" between four libraries and two museums in Polk County. These are all small institutions, and some very small. I think there is information about the resulting Pathfinder to local history on the web at: www.wou.edu/provost/PCHP Lucy Sperlin David Ellis wrote: > > I am planning a study trip to USA and Canada to look into more effective > management of heritage held in community and regional museums, to provide > new ways of caring for cultural heritage collections held in small > communities (>25,000). I am particularly interested in the impact of the > clustering of agencies charged with managing cultural resources such as > museums, libraries, historical societies. > Can anyone suggest places to visit? > > ========================================================= > 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). ========================================================= 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).