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August/Adut 1998 Volume 9 “The Complete Encyclopedia of Illustration” by |G. Heck, (Park Lane) New York, 1979. Originally published in 1851 as ‘iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature and Art. (copyright-free) [2_ EDITORIAL __ EDITORIAL Saree Sarees “Justice & being done. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sclences reported that women lv up to 8% ln- ser than men, becouse they toke much more involved with looking after children. Evolution offers o privege to the sex which makes the greatest efforts to cae for its poster Female chimpanzees lve 42 per cent longer thon their ‘macho mates. However, with moor macaques the moles carry the babies: on average they lve 15 per cent longer than the females.” | considered this short message taken from a Dutchelan= guage weekly magazine (KNACK. n°32, volume 28, 1998) would be a nice beginning to end a three-year period as editor. I irst considered the newsletter a5 an adopted baby surrounded by lots of care at birth, entrusted to me in 1995. Pretty soon it turned out to bbe an “own” baby cherished with a lot of care by myself and by the entire (female) board at CIDOC. The three past years just flew by, bt the above message puts me at rest: possibly this baby will also let me lve longer. ‘This year too I was able as editor to count on the assi- stance and support of the entire board and of numerous authors who contributed to this number. Our Australian colleagues gave usa diversified and fascinating overview fof the museum documentation in their host country. Shorter contributions offer information on the involve- ‘ment of CIDOC in other organisations and inform the reader on che continuous functioning of various wor- king groups within our ICOM committee. CIDOC does full honour to the theme of this year’s general ICOM conference: in the past three years we have held our annual meeting on three different conti- rents, while we were privileged to become familiar with their cultural diversities, “This newsierar may be the las in is present form. An (elegare) bilingual econ such as this requires considers- ble editorial and fiancial efforts We think that in the tu re we wil hae to further use the posses of oni publication The biingualsm of ICOM will be reflected in the linguistic balance ofthe texts, Because of financial res- twiedons a ful translation of all texts in French and in English is dita to maintain. Nevertheless we consider that the original intention ofall CIDOC publications must also be upheld for the newsletter, namely the accessbilty to all members. An important source of information for the elaboration of che newly styled newsletter will resut from the evaluation of the results of the CIDOC Questionnaire which can sil be completed and returned | would also like ro express my grativude co all the col- “La justice existe, Dans ses actes, lo Notional Academy of Sciences @ annoncé que les femmes vraientjusqu'é 8 pour ‘cent plus longtemps que les hommes parce quelle: s‘oceu- poient beaucoup plus des enfants. ’évolution favorise le sexe ‘qui sivestit le plus en faveur de sa progéniture. Les femme! les chimpanzés vivent 42 pour cent plus longtemps que leurs machos de compagnons. Chez les macaques, par con- tre, ce sont les males qui portent les petits : ls vvent en imeyenne 15 pour cent plus longtemps que les ferelies.” Ce petit communiqué paru dans un hebdomadai résrlandophone (Extrait du Knack, n°32. 28 année, 1998) m’a semblé une belle entrée en matiére pour lore une période de trois ans passée & remplir la fonc- tion d' éditeur du bulletin. J'ai 'abord considéré le bul- letin comme un enfant adopuf qui avait été entouré de beaucoup de soins a sa naissance et qui m‘était confié ‘en 1995, Maisil est erés vite devenu mon “propre” bébé, cchoyé et dorloté par moi-méme et par cout le bureau (mini) du CIDOC. Trois années se sont ewolées depuis lors, mais le communiqué reproduit ci-dessus me raisure: peut-éere ce bébé m’assurera-til une plus lon~ gue vie! Cette année-c} aussi, 'al pu compter.en tant qu éditeur du bulletin, sur aide et le soutien de tout le bureaul et des nombreux auteurs qui ont apporté leur concribu= tica a ce numéro, Nos collégues australiens nous ont fourni un apersu aussi passionnant que diversité de ta

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