Let us not throw the wrong light on curators; it is far more likely the light bulb will end up IN the collection (sans accession number and paperwork, perhaps) than taken OUT - some of them would even provide detailed descriptions and histories (and by the way, what a terrific one from the professor!). Tim **************************************************** E. Moore wrote: > > > From: H. Taves <[log in to unmask]> > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: speaking of light bulbs > > Date: Thursday, February 12, 1998 11:53 PM > > > > It takes two curators to change a light bulb: one to deaccession the > > old bulb and one to install the new one in an acid-free socket. > > no, no...that would be conservators. It would take three curators. One to > change the bulb, one to distract the conservator so he/she wouldn't see > that the socket wasn't archivally stable, and one to secret away the old > bulb so the registrar couldn't see that an object was being removed without > all of the requisite deaccessioning paperwork. -- Timothy L. Campbell [log in to unmask] http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8189