Hi Robert, The Smithsonian Archives is home to the MCN records, and also hold records related to early automation efforts that the they were involved in. You might see if they are interested in your materials as well: http://www.siarchives.si.edu/
Floyd, did the Clearinghouse end-up somewhere after ceasing operation? Richard Urban, Doctoral Student Graduate School of Library & Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign rjurban at illinois.edu http://www.richardurban.net On Mar 4, 2010, at 7:46 AM, Robert A. Baron wrote: > Dear MCN, > > I seem to recall that in the early 1990s a well-known art library > began to collect information related to the history and practice of > collections management and automation. > > Does anyone on this list know of any such collection efforts? I would > like to donate my accumulated materials rather than disposing of them. > > I have four or five boxes of such data including (among other works) > > Data Models > Technical Reports (such as David Bearman's) > Systems analyses and projects created for key museums > Plans for image projects > Advertisements and related ephemera > Documentation of conferences and symposia > Materials related to intellectual property issues. > ...and much more. > > For those on this list who may not know me, I worked in this field > for approximately fifteen years, until about the year 2000. > > If anyone thinks it useful, they are invited to consult my on-line > CV, available <http://studiolo.org/cv.htm>HERE > > Feel free to send this notice to other workers in this field. > > /Robert A. Baron > robert at studiolo.org > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
