On Jan 26, 1996 12:56:26, 'Raelyn Campbell <[log in to unmask]>' wrote: >I think the original comment about a survey where the old-timers seemed more >loy >al and tended towards cohesiveness, whereas the younger/new-comers seemed more >l >ikely to sell out (that was the between-the-lines idea, right?) has SOME >validit >y... Wrong. I neither implied nor intended to assert that younger workers were more likely to "sell out" than older ones. I don't see how the need to focus on one's job to the possible exclusion of related tasks (specialization) implies "selling out." Nor is the propensity of younger workers to move around from job to job within and/or without an institution a "selling out." I would look at that tendency as an often necessary routine prerequisite to finding one's footing, to determining which area is best suited. Initiation, growth, development, maturation: these are the operative concepts here. How do these phenomena take form in the museum community. That is the question. If this idea has relevance to museum-l in splinters, it is because people are looking in museum-l for a communication vehicle that fits their needs and interests. -- Robert A. Baron Museum Computer Consultant P.O. Box 93, Larchmont N.Y. 10538 [log in to unmask]