>Anita Cohen-Williams writes:
In order to introduce some useful humor here, how about a contest? Tell us
about the 25 (or less) things that drive you crazy! Dealing with patrons,
funny experiences that happened in a museum or library, typos on labels,
silly questions (from patrons and others), etc..
If this is too silly a suggestion, please let me know (I seem to be a bit
lightheaded today, too many WWW sites...).
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I do not think introducing humor is silly but I do think asking everyone to
write their anecdotes to Museum-l is very silly. If everyone writes 25
anecdotes then I will spend a lot of time tapping my delete button. I read
Museum-l to get info, not entertainment. For entertainment I read novels,
watch TV, yell at my kids, etc.
Please do not send your anecdotes to Museum-l. Instead please send them to
the originator of this idea, Anita Cohen-Williams at
[log in to unmask], who can then collate them, arrange them by
subject, throw out the obnoxious, etc., then send one message to Museum-l
that we can read or delete with a single stroke.
Sorry to be a killjoy, but I do not want to waste time separating the
information from the other stuff. For me, the ratio of useful to other on
this list is getting dangerously close to where I will have to unsubscribe,
and I do not want to do that because there is good info exchange here, when
it is not too diluted.
R. Scott Williams
Conservation Scientist (Chemist)
Canadian Conservation Institute
1030 Innes Road
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1A 0M5
tel: 613-998-3721
fax: 613-998-4721
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Subject: A lighter note
Author: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> at INTERNET
Date: 3/21/96 6:01 PM
Anita Cohen-Williams; Reference Services; Hayden Library
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1006
Tel: (602) 965-4579 FAX: (602) 965-9169
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