Thank you for sharing this milestone with us, Rob. Your eloquent summary of the infinite ways it has evolved and helped thousands of colleagues beautifully captured every essence of MCN-L's purpose, value and it's inevitable role of introducing enthusiastic link-minded professionals to each other in a highly collaborative/educational spirit. It has become a highly respected cutting-edge family we have all come to value, rely on and appreciate greatly. Here's to the next 20 years! Happy Anniversary MCN-L! Diane
On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Rob Lancefield on lists < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Just for fun, it's worth noting that today is MCN-L's 20th birthday. The > list launched on March 9, 1996: back when HTML 2.0 was the latest, greatest > version, as were Macintosh System 7.5.3 and Windows 95. 1996 also was the > year when the first significant number of museum websites launched in all > their initial glory,* some using what was then cutting-edge, table-based > layout.** Which is to say, it was a long time ago--so long ago that it > still made sense to have an MCN Internet SIG! > > If you're curious about the inaugural MCN-L post, it's in the archive: > > <https://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l%40mcn.edu/msg09558.html> > > It's pretty remarkable how much knowledge the MCN community has shared on > this list over the years, how many helpful leads so many people have > suggested and harvested here, and how useful the list continues to be as we > move forward--even as other information-sharing channels, spaces, apps, and > platforms flow and ebb, and often fade away. Imagine all the things > thousands of people have accomplished more effectively over two decades > with peer-to-peer, collegial help from this list. > > Happy birthday, MCN-L, and many more. > > cheers, > Rob > > * Several museum websites from 1996 are represented on this page: < > http://museumnerd.org/2014/03/13/10-vintage-museum-web-pages-from-the-1990s/ > > > > ** This was so early in the history of the Web that the formal RFC for > HTML Tables actually wouldn't be published for another two months, but > tables were coming into use: <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1942> > > -- > Rob Lancefield > Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections > Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University > 301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA > rlancefield [at] wesleyan [dot] edu | tel. 860.685.2965 > _______________________________________________ > 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: [email protected] > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Diane P. Nighswander Co-Founder, Strategic Relations *IMAGING4ART* Digital Imaging and Archiving Solutions for Fine Art *c* 203-215-2148 / *f *203-288-5505 / [email protected] / imaging4art / LinkedIn -- Important: If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. Any further review, distribution, duplication, downloading or disclosure is strictly prohibited.
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