Collaborative Projects are in abundance these days - I suggest you take a look at the structure of the CDP - they are not specific to a town or city,however they are experts in collaboration and improving communication between libraries, archives, and museums. You can find them at www.cdpheritage.org Good luck, jill koelling On 1/31/07, Hayes Scriven <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > We are forming a group in our town (Northfield, MN) that is looking at > developing a collaborative project on making access to our town's history > easier. This project will include our public library, Carleton and St. > Olaf > College, our county historical society and our own town's historical > society. > We are looking at developing a website that is a searchable database of > our > towns records that is gathered at all of these different > institutions. So, one > person can search for a subject and see what each organization has. We > are > also looking at developing a documentation strategy for all of the > institutions > so we are not duplicating work. My questions to you all are: > > Is there any city or town that has this sort of project out there? Or > have > tried in the past? > > Has there been and inter-institutional documentation strategy done before > in > a town or city? > > And also is there a need for this type of project out there? > > One of our goals is to increase communication between libraries, archives > and > museum/historical societies; we think this type of project will do > that. So I > ask again, is there a need in "our world" for this type of collaboration? > > You can respond to me off-list or on list. > > Thank you all in advance for your responses! > > Hayes Scriven > Executive Director > Northfield Historical Society > > ========================================================= > 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). > -- Jill M. Koelling ========================================================= 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).