mmmm.... ephemera. ;-) -------------- Paul F. Marty, Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Studies College of Communication and Information, Florida State University 240 Louis Shores Building, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2100 http://marty.ci.fsu.edu | marty at fsu.edu
On Mar 4, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Sweeting III, Floyd wrote: > The Clearinghouse Records were disbursed, a lot of it was ephemera. The > article I mentioned by Karen Parles in Spectra addresses what happened > and why. I checked with Deborah Kempe, the Frick Art Reference Library's > Chief of Collections Management and Access who said a few things may > have been cataloged and incorporated into the library collection but > that there is no way of designating what was in the original > Clearinghouse. > > Floyd Thomas Sweeting III > Head, Information Technology & New Media > > THE FRICK COLLECTION > 1 East 70th Street > New York, NY 10021 > > (212) 547-6889 tel > (212) 547-0708 fax > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Richard Urban > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 4:09 PM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Repository of Collections Management related > materials > > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or > entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential > and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, > dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in > reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other > than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this > in error, please contact the sender and delete the material > from any computer. > _______________________________________________ > 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/
