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This announcement was posted on NEW-LIST last week and may be of interest
to the members of CIDOC-L and MUSEUM-L (apologies to those who receive
multiple copies).
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ICOM-SWEDEN on [log in to unmask]
The International Council of Museums consists of
international committees which fill disciplinary needs
within the museum sector (such as the Documentation
Committee - CIDOC, and the Musical Instrument Committee -
CIMCIM) and national committees which meet the
interdisciplinary needs of individual countries. Several of
these committees are in the process of establishing a
presence on the Internet and it may safely be assumed that
others will be doing so in the reasonably near future.
ICOM-SWEDEN is a pilot network project for the Swedish
National Committee. The list will cover issues of concern to
the committee and its constituent institutions. Particular
emphasis will be placed on means by which these
organizations can make their information resources available
to the network community. This will include discussion of
means for providing and accessing network services, as well
as general announcements of museum activities.
The list is also intended to serve as a forum for the
discussion of issues which may arise when establishing
network services for communities with language requirements
that are not entirely fulfilled by the existing standards
regulating the Internet. For example, Swedish language
contributions to ICOM-SWEDEN are both welcome and
encouraged. However, Swedish uses a 29-letter alphabet,
three letters of which are not supported by the relevant
e-mail standards. List members will therefore need either to
agree on the use of a single one of the various options
which are available for accomodating the entire Swedish
alphabet, or learn how to deal with the varying use of
several of these options.
Similar problems will occur in the vernacular distribution
lists of other ICOM national committees, and it is hoped
that the discussion on ICOM-SWEDEN will be of utility to the
other committees when confronting these problems. Although
the primary intent of the list is to serve specified needs
of the museum community, relevant contributions are welcome
from people who are not directly involved with such
institutions.
If it should appear warranted as the list's activities
become more clearly defined, the Swedish and English
language contributions will be separated into two distinct
lists (adding an ICOM-SVERIGE for the former material).
Similarly, if the discussion of general language issues
becomes substantial, a separate list for this may also be
established.
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If you have trouble accessing this service please contact:
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Phone: +46 8 666 4055 Swedish Museum of Natural History
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