Cabinets of Curiosities
At our 2005 member forum, Günter talked about the European “cabinets of curiosities” or Wunderkammern, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. Precursors to today’s libraries and museums, these privately …
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From DAMS to preservation
On a recent trip to NYC I had the good fortune of spending some time with Barbara Bridgers and her staff in the photography studio of the MET. We spent …
Read MoreBazookas and Box Cutters
Balancing access and security is certainly an appropriate topic for the hangingtogether blog. From Baghdad to Boston, there are security crises facing our cultural institutions. A few months ago the …
Read More…and metadata for all.
As our Forum speakers re-iterated time and again, our audiences don’t care whether an item is in a library, an archive or a museum – what they do care about …
Read MoreWhat’s in a name? (a declaration of dependence)
Some of us at RLG have been kicking around the idea to start a blog for a while. Early on we agreed to focus on issues of interest to our …
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