On Thu, 7 Jul 1994, Robbin Murphy wrote:
 
> The CIDOC/MCN conference in August has a couple of sessions on this subject
> planned and they include projects other than art museums where you might
> find some insight.
 
I think that the AAM venue is different than MCN/CIDOC. There one is
preaching to the converted. What is interesting about online delivery is
that it cuts across departmental boundaries and traditional museum
specialisms. Who is responsible for an online site? Is it the curatorial
departments? The registrar? Education? Public Programs? Information
Technology? Each of these communities has differing priorities and a
difference sense of the audience for whom an on-line site would be
constructed. AAM cuts across these groups - as does ICOM at the
international level.
 
> But I'd heard that AOL wasn't particularly happy with the results in terms
> of luring subscribers.
 
Where di you hear?
 
J. Trant
Manager, Imaging Initiative
Getty Art History Information Program
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