On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Merrilee Proffitt wrote: > I can't suggest the perfect term, but I will weigh in AGAINST > provenance. Preservation or process are fine with me. But I sill never be > able to explain this "special" use of the word provenance to my rare book, > archives, and museum pals. > > Merrilee What she said. I still cringe remembering the bitter MARBI fight about provenance, which the archives and museums actually use in subtly different but fiercely defended ways (and I didn't even have a stake in it). There be dragons. --Robin Robin Wendler ........................ work (617) 495-3724 Office for Information Systems ....... fax (617) 495-0491 Harvard University Library ........... [log in to unmask] Cambridge, MA, USA 02138 .............