At 09:56 PM 1/20/97 -0500, you wrote: >Greetings: > >Our collections policy is fairly explicit about the method we deaccession >artifacts. A seperate committee (including some members of our collections >committee, but not limited to those committee members) is formed to deal with >the deaccessioning procedure making certain that the artifact does not fit >our collections policy or mission, that other museums are contacted that may >have an interest, the public is notified, and the artifact in question is >sold at auction if all channels have been explored. > >Our deaccession policy was written well before the days of internet, >websites, and museum-l. It is a particularly cumbersome and time consuming >process--which is perfectly understandable in that deaccessioning should not >be taken lightly. My question is this: Does a posting to museum-l or >similar list-servs satisfy the "contacting other museums" and "exploring all >channels" question???? Have other museums revised their deaccession policy >(or other poicies) because of new technology? > >Thanks for responding to my question. > >Jay Smith > >Good question Jay. If you contact by letter, email or by museum-l what is the difference. If you go museum-l, in fact, IMHO I believe you are going to hit a wider audience. John Martinson [log in to unmask]