In response to jennifer's statement below about articulating core competencies...
IMLS will be releasing (this Summer) a report that addresses the issue of new core competencies and skills required of museum (and presumably library) professionals. Marsha Semmel of IMLS announced at this past WebWise conference that the report will include case studies and a strategic assessment tool for library and museum practitioners to assess their mastery of various skills. Just an FYI.... Diane >Deborah et al., > >with the exception of "Cataloguer / Curatorial >assistant" none of the jobs that i have held at a >museum are mentioned specifically on that list >either ;) > >the list wasn't presented as 'ideal' or >'current'. it was constructed as a baseline to >look at how museum staff are trained [within the >context of museum studies education.] > >i posted it because the team i was working with >needed to understand how museums were organized, >and i couldn't point them to an easily available >summary. > >it would be really useful if MCN could think >about the kinds of jobs that done by its members, >and articulate the competencies required. this is >being done 'for' museums in other areas [like >Information Science and VR] but in my opinion, >information-focused programs miss the public >facing, interpretive aspect of much museum >technology. > >Where's the Museum Tech Job Description registry? > >/jt > >At 11:54 AM -0400 6/24/09, Deborah Wythe wrote: >>Her sources for the positions are all 20th >>century (1994, 1996 and 1997), so I would take >>the whole thing with a big grain of salt. >> >>Photographer's there, but the whole job area of >>digital media and asset management were barely >>known in the 90s. >> >>That's not to say that we're not all endangered these days! >> >>Deborah Wythe >>Brooklyn Museum >>deborahwythe at hotmail.com >> >> >> >> >>> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:25:48 -0500 >>> From: hraatz at artsmia.org >>> To: VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU; mcn-l at mcn.edu >>> Subject: [MCN-L] Museum Jobs: A Summary >>> >>> Good morning all, >>> >>> My morning was significantly disturbed by a >>>Tweet posted to >>>https://twitter.com/museummedia, "Museum jobs: >>>a summary http://bit.ly/7pKto ." This >>>shortened URL takes you to Jennifer Trant's >>>blog on the conference.archimuse.com website. >>>Attached to the blog post by Ms. Trant is a 4 >>>page .pdf document listing various museum jobs >>>from Director to Membership Clerk, including >>>staff positions as varied as Planetarium >>>Director, Studio Manager and Projectionist. >>>There are NO Visual Resources professionals >>>included on the list. Zero. Unless we're >>>somehow invisibly included with Digitizing >>>Technician/data entry clerk, Librarian or >>>Archivist. I've made a comment to Ms. Trant's >>>blog and hope to receive a response from her >>>which I will share with the VRA and MCN >>>listservs. >>> >>> Coming on the heels of the announcement >>>regarding the elimination of Leigh Gate's >>>Visual Resources position at the Art Institute >>>of Chicago, and compounded by the knowledge >>>that Melody Ennis (Museum of Art, RISD), Jane >>>Ferger (Indianapolis Museum of Art) and Cheryl >>>Vogler (St. Louis Art Museum) also lost jobs to >>>the elimination of their staff positions within >>>the past year, this blog post is extremely >>>troubling. Clearly there is some lack of >>>awareness and understanding about the role of >>>Visual Resources professionals in the museum >>>environment that needs to be addressed. In >>>light of overall concerns about the future of >>>our profession, this may be a timely and >>>pertinent topic for discussion at the Museum VR >>>SIG (special interest group) meeting at the >>>next Visual Resources Assn. conference in >>>Atlanta--for those of us museum VR >>>professionals who still retain jobs and will be >>>in attendance. >>> >>> Back to my still vital & hopefully valued work. >>> >>> Heidi >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Heidi S. Raatz | Visual Resources Librarian >>> Minneapolis Institute of Arts > >> 2400 Third Avenue South >>> Minneapolis, MN 55404 >>> >>> (612) 870-3196 | >>> (612) 870-3029 - permissions | >>> hraatz at artsmia.org | >>> permissions at artsmia.org| >>> www.artsmia.org ( http://www.artsmia.org/ ) >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the >>>listserv of the Museum Computer Network >>>(http://www.mcn.edu) >>> >>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>> >> > The MCN-L archives can be found at: >>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Microsoft brings you a new way to search the web. 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