Thanks to Lee Eltzroth for the amusing yet very relevant article on the misuse of the word "curate." Can we discourage the use of "curation" in the library/information management world? ____________________________________________ Patricia J. Barnett Chief Librarian Emerita of the Frick Art Reference Library 212-243-4255 (NY) 646-206-8485 (mobile) [log in to unmask] On Oct 8, 2013, at 8:13 PM, Lee Eltzroth <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > This is a story about the slipperiness and relevance of a word: "Curate." From the Chicago Tribune, October 04, 2013 > > http://tinyurl.com/omo936x > > Regards, > Lee > > E. Lee Eltzroth > georgiaphotographers.wordpress.com > @galpix on Twitter > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~