Museum international; Vol.:LII, 2; 2000

STOLEN Sixteenth-century icon painted on wood: Virgin and Child. The painting is badly damaged and only part of the head of the Infant Jesus is visible. Dimensions: height (left) 24.1 cm, (right) 20.7 cm, width 23.4 cm, thickness 1.7 cm. Corrigendum We would like to apologise for the error printed in Jim Angus's article in Museum International 205. The final paragraph of his article should have read: In conclusion, there is a great deal to be considered when planning and building a Web site, and there are many good examples and resources on the Internet that provide inspiration and guidance. But the key to a good Web site is museum-wide involvement of staff. Consultants can provide polish, but only the experience and talents of museum professionals can translate into Web sites that have depth and meaning. Peter Stanbury has worked with university museums and historic houses for most of his career. In 1992 he was one of the co-founders of the Australia-wide association of university museums, CAUMAC ± the Council of Australian University Museums and Collections. In 1998 he proposed the formation of an international university museums group at ICOM in Melbourne. He currently advises the vice-chancellor of Macquarie University, Sydney, on museums, collections and heritage, and is executive officer of the Museums and Collections Standing Committee of the New South Wales Vice-Chancellors' Committee. This issue of Museum International and the next will be devoted to university museums and have been designed to provide insights into a variety of university collections and their staff. In the following pages, university curators tell of their collections, current programmes, achievements and experiences. These are important , not only to other university curators, but to the museum profession as a whole, and to those responsible for national heritage. University staff have a wide range of skills and look after a spread of collections of remarkable size and significance. University curators are keen to share their resources and to cooperate with other museum professionals. Such cooperation among museums is becoming increasingly important, especially in regard to staff development, research projects and funding. The articles in the two issues are intended to stimulate thinking and be a focus for communication among university curators and with museum colleagues in other sectors. It is hoped that such interaction will strengthen understanding between sectors, regions and countries, which would help forge a better future and greater protection for the …