 |
 |
On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Weibel,Stu wrote: > Content-MD5: DZe7slLrLcC+vL+yxBE9Vw== > Content-MD5-Origin: gizmo.lut.ac.uk > Sender: [log in to unmask] > Precedence: bulk > > There is no question of DC being limited to only networked resources. > There is a considerable collection of people (especially the museum > folks) very much committed to this. > > stu As one of that considerable number, I had always assumed that the words _resource discovery_ referred to the discovery of resources by means of the internet. Obviously it will be some time before we can digitise and communicate the actual objects, so I see DC as being a means by which an enquirer can determine where objects of interest are located, and, hopefully, whether or not they are then worth travelling to view. In many cases it will be the information associated with the objects which is of interest, and DC should be able to guide people to the sources of that information. IIRC, David Bearman himself said something along these lines at DC5 in Helsinki. ----------------------------------------------- Ian O. Morrison, Scottish Museums Documentation Officer & SCRAN Data Co-ordinator, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh EH1 1JF