Just catching up with my mail and found this thread. FWIW, take the museum studies courses! If you EVER get involved with collecting ANYTHING--tape recordings to field notes to carved masks-- curation begins with collecting. Too many folks in the past have willy- nilly gathered things up that later should be preserved for posterity and they hand the curator a mess that has already lost at least some of its research value. You'll serve the future better if you know something about collection management, even if you never work in a museum. Best, Tom V. -- Tom Vaughan \_ Cultural The Waggin' Tongue \_ Resource <[log in to unmask]> \_ Management, 11795 Road 39.2 \_ Interpretation, Mancos, CO 81328 USA \_ Planning, & (970) 533-1215 \_ Training