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by Vance, was that overal1 costs came to about 2.5 mills per character--which 
would probably be a more accurate figure on which to base estimates of cost, 
because it takes into account the variability in the length possible from one 
record the next. 
The following items were distributed to attendees at the workshop. Mrs. 
Ruth Bowman, 139 East 63rd Street, New York, New York 10021, has indicated 
that they would be distributed upon request as long as the supply lasts: 
Anon. Building a Collection Data Bank at Museum Computer Network. 
IBM Appl ication Brief, 1970, 8 pp. A summary of the Network's 
activities to data. 
Vance, David. Structure and Content of a Museum Data Bank. Mimeo, 
1970, 26 pp. Summary of what is to be contained in the proposed 
data bank, with lists of descriptors, the museums involved, and 
"annotation classes". 
Heller, Jack. Permuted Indexes and Catalog Cards Constructed from the 
Museum Computer Network's Data Bank. 1970, 4 pp. Several examples 
of output from the bank. 
COMPUTERS IN MUSEUMS 
The results of the first conference on "Computers and Their Potential 
Applications in Museums," held in New York City, April, 1968, have been 
published by the Metropolitan Museum, under the same title. The work is divided 
into five parts, entitled as follows: Documentary Applications (5 papers), 
Stylistic Analysis by Computer (5 papers), Visual Applications (4 papers). 
Computerized Museum Networks (2 papers), and New Approaches in Museum Education 
(4 papers). Anyone interested in computer use in museums should look at it. 
SECOND CRAM-COURSE IN TIME-SHARE COMPUTING 
A surprising turnout of 18 people showed up for the second cram-course in 
time-share computing, held at the Smithsonian on July 3-4, 1970. It seems 
likely that this is too large a group to permit successful achievement of 
programming understanding, and only a few survived to attempt programming on 
the second day (the fact that it was the Fourth of July, 1970, in Washington, 
D. C., may have influenced the second day turnout, of course). If nothing 
else, however, a big group of people took their first steps toward utilization 
of time-shared computers. 
PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FROM UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS 
In MUDPIE #10 we listed some of the very recent computer contributions of 
the State Geological Survey of Kansas. In response. Dr. Daniel F. Merriam sent 
a complete listing of their publications to date. It is too extensive for 
inclusion here, but Dr. Merriam will send the list to interested people. Address 
him at State Geological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66044. 
