In article <[log in to unmask]>, Christina Simpson <[log in to unmask]> writes >The following request for information is forwarded on behalf of a >colleague. She is not a member of the list. Please respond to her >directly at the address she indicates, NOT to me! Thanks! > >---------------------------- > >At the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, we are currently >developing Terms of Reference for the grading or tiering of our >collections. In addition to establishing different grades for potential >uses, we are interested in developing much more extensive use of our >collections for community group loans as well as, potentially, for >individual loans. This is far too important a subject to discussed entirely off-list. I trust answers will also be copied to museum-L as I, for one, would be very interested to know other people's views on this contentious subject. We're trying to formulate such a policy here (I'm Registrar at Nottingham Museums) and it's not easy! Mick -- Michael P. Cooper * Mineralist * [log in to unmask]