At 09:56 PM 1/20/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Greetings:
>
>Our collections policy is fairly explicit about the method we deaccession
>artifacts.  A seperate committee (including some members of our collections
>committee, but not limited to those committee members) is formed to deal with
>the deaccessioning procedure making certain that the artifact does not fit
>our collections policy or mission, that other museums are contacted that may
>have an interest, the public is notified, and the artifact in question is
>sold at auction if all channels have been explored.
>
>Our deaccession policy was written well before the days of internet,
>websites, and museum-l.  It is a particularly cumbersome and time consuming
>process--which is perfectly understandable in that deaccessioning should not
>be taken lightly.  My question is this:  Does a posting to museum-l or
>similar list-servs satisfy the "contacting other museums" and "exploring all
>channels" question????  Have other museums revised their deaccession policy
>(or other poicies) because of new technology?
>
>Thanks for responding to my question.
>
>Jay Smith

>
>Good question Jay.  If you contact by letter, email or by museum-l what is the
difference.  If you go museum-l, in fact, IMHO I believe you are going to
hit a wider
audience.

John Martinson
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