I completely agree. Our e-mail addresses are our complete names (as you can see). There are no abbreviations or initials which can give at least a hint of anonymity. Although I have not heard of any situations where people were being harassed, I am sure this is one which is just waiting to happen. Elizabeth Hale Canadian Museum of Civilization > ---------- > From: Katie Edlebeck[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Museum discussion list > Sent: Friday, May 28, 1999 12:51 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Name badges for front line staff > > Just to throw another monkey wrench into the name badge string. > What about museum directories on the internet that list email addresses? > (If you really want to consider an uncontrolled audience.) > In most cases with professional email addresses everyone has some > combination of first and last name and/or initials in their address. > Working for a university, we are also listed in the university > directory. > It really permits would be stalkers easy access to information. > > Katie Edlebeck > Deer Valley Rock Art Center > Arizona State University > > Laura Dell wrote: > > > I don't think front line staff should have their last names on name > > tags > > for security reasons. > > > > I personally had a bad experience with a guest about ten years ago > > when I > > was working on the front line in a zoo. In short the guest brought me > > > > flowers, wrote me letters, and asked me to go out with him for two > > years. > > Eventually people would see him coming, temporarily relieve me from > > my > > post, and then tell him I didn't work there anymore. I have an > > unusual > > last name, there are only about 15 people in our local phone book with > > it > > and I'm the only one with the first initial "L." I'm very easy to > > look > > up in phone book. Since then when I've worked on a museum floor, I > > only > > wear name tags without my last name on them. > > > > As we all know, some very strange people come to museums/public > > institutions and we should protect our staff. If you are concerned > > about > > guests being able to identify individual staff members, use first > > names > > and last initials. > > > > Sorry, this is one of my soap boxes! > > > > Laura Dell > > WCET, Ch. 48 (Cincinnati,PBS) > > Educational Services > > [log in to unmask] > > > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://museums.state.nm.us/nmmnh/museum-l.html. 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). > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://museums.state.nm.us/nmmnh/museum-l.html. 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).