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I instinctively agree that it is information that computers
are good at conveying, and we may be treading a
problem-ridden path in providing images. However, the many
on-line research library catalogs provide the information
services that have been described in this discussion. Need
to look up an obscure artist? or a particular period in
decorative arts? or a historical reference?: Try the NY
public library on-line catalog; similarly with most other
research questions. The library community has been doing
this for years and have refined it to a considerable degree.
So, what kind of information should the museum put on line?
I seem finally to agree with whoever it was who said:
Museums should put on line whatever information works best
to bring people into the museum, where they can gain contact
with the actual object. Of course, text and bibliographic
information about objects is wonderful as well.
Maybe (sorry for thinking out loud rather than thinking
first and writing later) what would be most useful is some
sort of object-based research information on line, so that
specific curatorial information about a given exhibition or
collection object is available to remote "visitors" or
researchers. This would be organized around the object, and
accessible from that point of view, rather than the general
research questions handled best by libraries.
Eric Siegel
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