[NHCOLL-L:1377] Re: annotation dates
Michael Cooper
michaelc at notmusbhy.demon.co.uk
Mon Dec 10 05:37:53 EST 2001
> I just got back an herbarium loan; the sheets were all annotated
> nicely, which made me real happy.
>
> Problem is, all the dates of annotation were indicated
> as the year
> "01". Not "2001". (And of course, not "1901", etc.) Anybody
> else have a
> problem with this?
If someone did it to us, yes, I'd have a problem! Don't people learn from
past mistakes? Aren't museum people expected to think long-term?
I have a problem with "aN herbarium" too ... perhaps I'm just pedantic.
Mick
Michael P. Cooper
Registrar, Nottingham Museums & Galleries
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