This is a good question and I'll be interested in what responses you
get. I'm working with several small organizations which have valuable
collections and I'm not sure it's a good thing to present them online. 

There is also the issue of releasing images into the public domain. We
had an example of an image that was lifted from another CT history org
website and the site on which it was found had it linked to a page that
said the image was in the public domain. 

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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] On line photos of collections and thefts

Many museums are considering putting their collection's database on
line,
including photos of the objects.  Having recently read older reports
about
thefts in museums - "smash and dash" variety - I wondered if there has
been
any evidence of these kinds of robberies (or others) in museums being
planned using online databases to target places with valuable objects?

Thanks.

Scott

Scott Cutler
Curator of Collections and Exhibits
Centennial Museum
The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX  79968-0533 (shipping zip is 79902)
phone: 915-747-6668
fax: 915-747-5411
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