Library development 2

["Judith E. Winston" <jwinston@leo.vsla.edu>]

> Date:     Wed, 22 Feb 95 10:46:26 EST
Thanks to the people who reponded to my first request.  I
> hope the group will have patience for a few more.  We are
> definitely feeling our way here.
> 
> 1.
> A Va archeologist donated his collection of books and reprints
> on Native American archeology to our our library.  We have the
> books cataloged, but there is much useful information in the
> reprints, and we want to make those available also.  We can use
> Paradox to set up a database for them (as we use that for
> collections most of the technical staff can at least enter data
> to it), but I wondered if anyone knew of a simple subject list
> we could use, so that we could pull the information out again.  I understand 
> archeologists usually go by state,
> time, and tribe, but it would be nice to have a standard
> format, for artifacts, arrowheads, customs, etc.  LC seems to
> scatter archeology all over the place (judging from the book
> cataloging), and we don't have any LC subject
> heading books anyway (our ref books are all donated at this
> point). 
> 
> 2. We also get duplicate material, and I wondered if this list
> would be a good place to offer it?  For example, I just found
> that we have two copies of Smithsonian Inst. Bureau of American
> Ethnology, BUll. 37 (1910): Antiquities of central and
> southeastern Missouri.  I'd rather find a home for it in
> another library than just discard it, but I don't have time to
> make much of a search.
> 
> -- 
> Judith E. Winston, Ph.D.             e-mail: jwinston@leo.vsla.edu
> Director of Research & Collections        Ph:   703-666-8653
> Virginia Museum of Natural History        Fax:  703-632-6487
> 1001 Douglas Ave., Martinsville, VA 24112
> 


-- 
Judith E. Winston, Ph.D.             e-mail: jwinston@leo.vsla.edu
Director of Research & Collections        Ph:   703-666-8653
Virginia Museum of Natural History        Fax:  703-632-6487
1001 Douglas Ave., Martinsville, VA 24112