I wonder if our Host at UFL would be willing to take on the archive of this
list and continue to host it?

There are great resources and many posts related to the history of
conservation of records and assets in this List, and it would be a shame to
see all of that lost.

Larry

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 5:08 AM, Peter Kurilecz <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> forwarded from the PhotoHistory list
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Greg Schmitz <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:27 AM
> Subject: [PhotoHistory] Stanford to shutdown CoOL and Conservation Distlist
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>
> A sad loss for us all, and for the Preservation Community.   Maybe we
> should all write to the folks "running the show?"
>
>  From the most recent edition of ConsDistList:
>
> Today's Messages:
>
>
> Date: 10 Jun 2009
> From: Catherine Tierney <ctierney [at] stanford__edu>
> Subject: CoOL and the Conservation DistList
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> This is a difficult posting to write.  For twenty two years, it has
> been Stanford University Libraries' great pleasure to serve and
> support the conservation community by hosting Conservation OnLine.
> Sadly, Stanford---like so many other institutions---has been hurt by
> the economy.  As a result, we have had to make difficult choices. It
> is with deep regret that I inform you that we are no longer able to
> support CoOL.  We feel it is important to alert you to this change
> as we are aware that so many of you rely on the distribution list as
> a medium of communication; there are still a number of things to be
> worked out.
>
> <URL:http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/june17/layoffs-061709.html>
>
> Catherine Tierney
> Associate University Librarian for Technical Services
> Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: 10 Jun 2009
> From: Walter Henry <request [at] cool__stanford__edu>
> Subject: CoOL and the Conservation DistList
>
> It has been a great pleasure and privilege to work with this
> community and I look forward to finding ways to continue to do so.
> I've always held that conservation professionals were, as a class,
> unusually committed to the cause they serve; we really do care
> deeply about the cultural materials we are lucky enough to work
> with, and that care takes form in a remarkable dedication to the
> profession, to the ethical foundations upon which it is built, and
> to the community of practitioners from whatever discipline or
> specialty.
>
> So, at the beginning of what would have been the DistList's twenty
> third year it is with great sadness, but also with some sense of
> pride, that I finally give up this enterprise and that of
> Conservation OnLine as a whole.  I don't know exactly what will
> happen to the resources here but I have every faith that their fate
> will be in good hands.
>
> I would like to thank, with all sincerity, Stanford University
> Libraries and Academic Information Resources, my own department, the
> systems and IT staff, and most of all the directorate, who have been
> unfalteringly supportive of my work all these years, and I know
> would continue to be so were the world in just a little better shape
> than it is now.
>
> As DistList tradition demands, I leave you a final accounting:  As
> of this day, the Conservation DistList comprises 9696 people from at
> least 91 countries. Conservation OnLine contains, at a very rough
> guess, 120,000 documents, possibly quite a few more.  I hope they
> have been useful to you all, and I hope to be of service to you as
> we move into the future.
>
> onward,
> walter
>



-- 
Larry Medina
Danville, CA
RIM Professional since 1972

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