Saturday, March 18, 2006

Who Uses the MGRT Research Archive?

The MGRT Research Group often receives inquiries regarding how its archives are used. The efforts of the group could be described immodestly as "noble" insofar as they are intended only to satisfy our intellectual curiosity, the demands of historic preservation and a relentless pursuit of the truth about the guild. However we are pleased our work has been used by other and we are encouraged by the traffic this online library receives from visitors who are in a position to use this research to challenge the standards of quality within their own industrial production. While no formal library-cards are required to access this material and we have chosen Blogspot purposefully to share our project with as wide an audience as possible, we're gratified to see professionals from such institutions as Polo Ralph Lauren, Diesel, Nike, Levis, LVMH, and others sifting searching the virtual aisles of our library. The group does not require visitors to identify themselves but those who have volunteered to do so include some of the examples listed below: