Following is an update sent to members of the American Institute for
Conservation regarding the status of the Conservation
DistList and Conservation Online (CoOL) Web site. A while ago I posted a
message about the possible dimise of these two valuable iinformation
resources for information pertainiing to conservation and preservation. 
Subsequently it was announced that the AIC would take over running the Web
site and list.Below is the recent status report.

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Walter Henry and John Burke, who have been working tirelessly
on this project, have made significant strides towards the goal of
returning all the above materials to active status at a new server
location. Successes include the physical transfer of the server
machines which have contained these resources from Stanford
Libraries to TDL, a California-based web hosting company. Now
that the new location of CoOL is settled, Walter and John are
engaged in reconfiguring each of the complex pieces that
comprise it. Much of the CoOL site is now active online; including
the DistList archive (other listserv archives are not yet available).
We are currently still in the process of setting up other materials
including AIC specialty group websites, the JAIC online archive,
and other associated web sites.

In the meantime, please be aware that the email listservs for
AIC and other groups associated with CoOL are still active-feel
free to continue using them. The DistList is not yet back to regular
postings-when it is, messages will be posted to announce its return
and to inform you how to resume submitting material for inclusion
in future postings. The new URL location of CoOL will also be
announced when the site is complete.

We hope to have all the above materials back to normal, active
status as quickly as possible. Due to the number of resources
included with CoOL, which have grown in size and complexity over
the course of 20 years, additional time is needed to complete
the process of protecting them for the future. If you have any
questions, please let us know by emailing [log in to unmask]

-The Board and Staff of the American Institute for Conservation of
Historic & Artistic Works, [log in to unmask]

For updates, visit the AIC website
http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=288088951&u=3173813
or the main page
of CoOL
http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=288088951&u=3173814

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Iona McCraith
Preservation Consultant
phone: 705-277-1309
fax: 705-277-2091
email: [log in to unmask]