2009/7/18 Lars Aronsson <[email protected]>: > Ah, but do governments really say this? I think it's museum > people who want to "play business" because business is glamorous > and state-owned administration is dull and grey. I don't think > governments originally came up with this idea.
I have been told this by Wikimedians who used to work in and with such institutions. Governments told them to be "more businesslike", this attracted the people you describe. > Someone should do research and cite sources. Wikipedia's article > on museums, or the history of museums, should have a section about > this annoying trend. I guess museum journals of the recent decades > should have articles that can be cited as sources. I wonder if anyone's written about this without being sued ... - d. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
