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Dear All, Just to throw my lot in as well, I am extremely uncomfortable with the approach taken by the Museum Webguide, and also with the apparently deliberate anonymity of the site's creators. The site itself is far from a textbook example of good practice in web design, and I am concerned about the authority and criteria with which the sites have been selected. While the aim of encouraging museums to develop high-quality websites is laudable, I really don't feel that this is the best way to go about it, particularly since, as Ian Rowson has pointed out, there are serious financial implications for any organisation in developing an online presence. The current approach can only undermine the creators of the sites in question. I would encourage Ian Crawley to contact the list again and provide more information about his intentions in creating the museum-webguide.co.uk site, his links with either museums or professional web design, and how he hopes to create a useful dialogue with the sector to achieve his stated intention. All the best! Nick Poole ICT Adviser Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries 16 Queen Anne's Gate London SW1H 9AA Tel 020 7273 1410 Website - http://www.resource.gov.uk