> Clearly the discussion list needs to be splintered. I disagree. I have been on museum-l for nearly two years now and the volume of mail rises and wanes - almost seasonally. I learn a great deal from other museum professionals and also find many of the conversations to be boring. Nevertheless, the only way this list is going to splinter is when other list owners declare separate lists devoted to separate topics. When was the last time anyone saw anything on NAGPRA on this list? Well, although there have been occasional NAPRA discussions here, there is also NAGPRA-L, I'm not on it so I don't know how active it is.... There are other lists for other disciplines within the field of museology (among them MCN-L, as well as lists for conservators, systematics collectrion managers, museum educators, etc.). Curators tend to join discipline specific lists, etc., etc. If you don't like it now it will undoubtedly change in the future. After all, this is a fluid medium. Suzanne ************ Suzanne Quigley Head Registrar, Collections and Exhibitions Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10128 212 423 3568 fax: 212 423 3650 email: [log in to unmask]