----------------------------Original message---------------------------- For item three, may I suggest slide sets, or a reference file which directs people to education based slide/video rental programs some US museums provide for free or for nominal charges. Circulating slides may be a problem, I know some public libraries consider the quantity/ small size factor of slides to be too much of an impediment to any successful loan service. And this does not begin to deal with the current concerns with copyright (how about just cd-rom products used in-house?). If you do decide to develop a slide collection, put the word out with any local museums/educ. institutions, they may have extra slides they would be willing to donate. Mary Wassermann Slide Librarian Philadelphia Museum of Art [log in to unmask]