CoOL and DistList Update 9/21/09

The DistList is now posting again! The first new posting was mailed on Friday, September 18. Our sincere gratitude goes to Walter Henry and John Burke for their efforts to successfully set up CoOL and the DistList on a new server.

The following administrative information was included in the recent DistList posting: 

"DistList procedures are in a transitional state but with the exception of some new addresses, the procedures will not be too much different from what you are used to.

To submit material to the DistList, send it, as plain text, to consdistlist@cool.conservation-us.org

For any messages not intended for distribution, such as administrative requests about changes to your email address or contact information, must be sent to request@cool.conservation-us.org

The DistList archives are now available at http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl

CoOL and DistList Update 8/14/09

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 coolinfo@conservation-us.org.

—The Board and Staff of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works, coolinfo@conservation-us.org

CoOL is coming to AIC!

Having reviewed a proposal from AIC and following several discussions, Stanford University Libraries has agreed that AIC will be given responsibility for CoOL and the Conservation DistList. The transfer of content from the Stanford servers will take place immediately with expert guidance from Walter Henry, John Burke, and technicians at Stanford.

Our first goal is to have the DistList operational as soon as possible. Watch for one or more announcements on the DistList for periodic updates regarding the resumption of activity. Other CoOL resources will come online under new URLs as expeditiously as possible. Discussions with allied and affiliate organizations will continue.

AIC is pleased to be entrusted with these invaluable resources and for the opportunity to sustain and develop them into the future. Our goal is to keep CoOL and the DistList safe, viable, objective, and accessible for the conservation community worldwide.

Please note that the DistList is not yet accepting submissions or new registrations. Comments or questions can be sent to coolinfo@conservation-us.org.

Thank you for your support of this major initiative.

—AIC Executive Director Eryl Wentworth and
the AIC Board of Directors