Security devices

As some of you know, I manage the International Cultural Property
Protection Exposition each year for The International Committee On
Museum Security of ICOM which is held in conjunction with the
Smithsonian Institution's National Conference On Cultural Property
Protection (next one is 9-12 February 1998 in Washington, D.C.).

One of the purposes of this trade show is, not only to exhibit
available products and services, but also to provide a forum where
the people who design and manufacture protection systems can
interact with the potential end-users of these systems.

My question to all of you (and I hope I can initiate a discussion):
"is there a generally accepted method of affixing (preferably
covertly) a micro-transmitter or a small identification device to an
artifact so that its location can be tracked or ownership
identified?"

The devices in question are usually composed of plastic and metal.
Your answers will not only aid the designers of such systems, but
will increase the level of protection cultural institutions are able
to provide their collections. Kind Regards,

Roger Wulff
Museum Services International

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