[MCN-L] Collections and Deaccessioning in a Post-Pandemic World
"Timely, thought-provoking, urgent… about who museums serve and how, the needs of museum audiences, and what it means to care for culture." Cara Starke | Executive Director | Pulitzer Arts Foundation List members may be interested in this collection of three new books from MuseumsEtc, currently available with Early-Bird 30% savings. Full details are available at: http://bit.ly/MusEtc_DXS This a major 950-page resource which draws on the experience and thinking of many of the world's most experienced and respected museum professionals. It examines how - in a new reality after Covid-19 - deaccessioning is likely to be a key element of a future in which issues of social justice, inequality, race, pay and decolonisation will impact collections as never before. The three volumes are: *Conversations with Museum Directors*, *Towards a New Reality*, and *Case Studies*. They are available together, separately, and as an eBook edition. Edited by Stefanie S Jandl and Mark S Gold, with a Foreword by Melody Kanschat and Antoniette M Guglielmo of the Museum Leadership Institute. "At last a book that interrogates the role of collections and deaccessions in museums at this crucial time of questioning all orthodoxies and paving a smarter, brighter path forward." Anne Pasternak | Director | Brooklyn Museum "With this work, museum leaders can make confident decisions building on the experience and perspectives of their seasoned museum colleagues."Sebastián Encina | Chair | Collections Stewardship Professional Network | American Alliance of Museums Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc ___ MuseumsEtc UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://lists.mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] Anonymous Was A Woman: A Museums and Feminism Reader - Free Chapter Available
List members may be interested in this new book from MuseumsEtc, currently available with Early-Bird 20% savings. A free sample chapter and full details are available at: https://bit.ly/MusEtc_Anon Anonymous Was A Woman is a 300-page positive, inspiring, practical reader, focusing on actions being taken by museums - including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Detroit Institute of Arts, Minneapolis Institute of Art, National Museums Liverpool, V and the Whitechapel Gallery - to address issues of gender, sex and power. It also focuses on new feminist initiatives aiming to impact and change museums from the outside. Featuring carefully selected texts from our two-volume Feminism and Museums, this book has a new Introduction by editor Jenna C Ashton, and each chapter has been reviewed and updated by the author. "Accessible, inspirational and urgent reading" Professor Sarah Perks | MIMA School of Art & Design, Teesside University "A profound commitment to diversity, inclusivity and representation" Jenni Sorkin | Associate Professor, History of Art & Architecture, University of California, Santa Barbara Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc ___ MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://lists.mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] Free Access To ALL MuseumsEtc Books!
To provide support during the COVID-19 pandemic, from today museums and galleries worldwide can have COMPLETELY FREE access to our entire book collection - some 70 titles - until 1 November 2020. Partnering with digital publishers Exact Editions, we're providing advanced remote access so that you can use these resources at home, at your museum, or wherever you are - and on any device you're using, from desktop to mobile phone. To access the books please visit: https://bit.ly/MuseumsEtcFree As you'll know, our books aim to share best museum and gallery practice globally, and to confront new challenges in a practical, authoritative and innovative way. Designed for use in both academic and professional contexts, they're used in leading museums and galleries throughout the world. And now you and all your colleagues can read them wherever, whenever, and simultaneously. Every page of every book is built into a comprehensive search facility, so you can explore any topic throughout the collection at the touch of a button. In fact you can easily search, share, cite or print from any book. We're super excited about this initiative - and we'll be adding a couple of brand-new books along the way! Enjoy the read (no credit card's needed). And take care! Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc ___ MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 ___ === www.museumsetc.com sharing innovation === View our book catalogue: www.museumsetc.com/collections/all === For the latest news and offers, follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/museumsetc <http://www.twitter.com/museumsetcP> === ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] Call for Papers: Deaccessioning in a Post-Pandemic World
eums in Springfield, Massachusetts. SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL You can propose to submit either an essay or a case study. Proposals for ESSAYS should be 500-700 words in length. Proposals for CASE STUDIES should be 250-500 words. Both should be accompanied by a biography of 100-300 words. All submissions should be in Microsoft Word format. Please download and read the full Call for Papers before submitting a proposal. ESSAYS will be 3000-6000 words in length; CASE STUDIES will be 2000-4000. The inclusion of images is encouraged. Please prepare your proposal with these parameters in mind. The work should not have been published elsewhere. All contributions must be submitted in English - translation services will not be provided. The deadline for proposals is 30 June 2020. Please email your proposal to both the editors [dxsedit...@gmail.com] and the publishers [ dxspublis...@museumsetc.com]. Any queries in advance of submission should be sent to the editors. As a service to the field in the context of the pandemic, MuseumsEtc is making its entire catalog available for free online until 1 November 2020, and chapters of this book will be made freely available online as part of that initiative. Deaccessioning in a Post-Pandemic World will be published by MuseumsEtc in print and digital editions. Contributors will receive a complimentary copy of the publication and a discount on more. KEY DATES PROPOSALS DUE: 30 June 2020 CONTRIBUTORS NOTIFIED: 13 July 2020 COMPLETED PAPERS DUE: 14 September 2020 Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc ___ MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 ___ ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] Museum Participation - Free eBook Access and 30% Print Savings
We're pleased to say that MuseumsEtc is continuing to operate as normal in these strange times - all our titles remain available to order and ship worldwide. And we're today launching a rolling programme of free access to many of our 70 titles, plus substantial savings on our print editions. FREE eBOOK ACCESS Our launch title is the highly praised - and highly relevant - Museum Participation: New Directions for Audience Collaboration: 30 thought-provoking essays and case studies, in which world-class museums and leading professionals share their experience of audience participation. "This inspiring volume is packed with thoughtful examples from leading museums." Nina Simon, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History "I highly recommend this book to everyone concerned with the potential of museums to promote equality and human rights." Viv Golding, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester You can read Museum Participation online, on your mobile phone or your tablet (iOS and Android) for a week, until Monday 12 April. Simply go to: bit.ly/muspart_ebook 30% SAVINGS ON PRINT EDITIONS Prefer print to digital? Get an automatic 30% savings on the paperback or hardback editions, plus free worldwide shipping, using this special discount link: bit.ly/muspart_offer Enjoy the read - and take care! Graeme Farnell MuseumsEtc ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] Confronting The State of Museum Salaries
List members are likely to be particularly interested in this new book from MuseumsEtc which has just been released. Its authoritative content is introduced by a Foreword by Melody Kanschat, Executive Director of the Getty Leadership Institute. *Problem: Low and Unequal Pay*Low pay is endemic in the museum profession throughout the world. This book dissects the shocking statistics about pay inequality - and details the many initiatives being taken to resolve the problem once and for all. *Solutions: The Benefits of Fair Pay*In 30 authoritative chapters, the book examines both the causes and the effects of low pay on staff and institutions alike. And sets out strategies to secure the benefits which fair and equitable pay bring. TO ORDER AND FOR FULL INFORMATION Visit: http://bit.ly/MuseumSalaries This book is of direct relevance to everyone working in museums, and is both an analysis of the situation and a guide to action! Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc ___ "Essential to the future of museums" Meta Knol | Director, Museum De Lakenhal | Leiden, NL "A timely and vital text as well as a must-read" Ansley Simmons | Founding Member, Museum Workers Speak, USA "Bold essays address museum recruitment, salaries and working conditions" Steering Committee | Fair Museum Jobs, UK ___ MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] New Book from MuseumsEtc: The State of Museums
List members may be interested in this acclaimed new book from MuseumsEtc. "Provocative and wide-ranging." | "Shares concerns discussed around the country." "I love this book!" | "Thoughtful, up-to-date and at the cutting edge." "One of the most useful and needed books I have read in years." "An essential must-read for museum practitioners at all levels of experience." FACING UP TO THE BIG QUESTIONS The State of Museums: Voices from the Field, brings together grassroots voices to explore the issues, challenges and strengths of today’s museums. Edited by experienced thought leaders, in frank discussion it explores the present and future of museums and celebrates the tenets at the core of museum leaders everywhere. CHECKLISTS, ROADMAPS AND MODELS The book explores the issues of culture, urbanisation, technology, tolerance and diversity that impact the mission, operation and priorities of museums worldwide. The result is thought-provoking series of must-read essays, checklists, roadmaps and models which face up to the big questions facing museums in these rapidly changing times. FOR FULL CONTENTS LIST AND SAMPLE PAGES Please visit: http://bit.ly/StateOfMuseums This book is essential reading to future-proof your institution - and its staff - in challenging new times. Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc ___ MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] CFP: For Love of Money - The State of Museum Salaries
CALL FOR PAPERS: FOR LOVE OR MONEY - THE STATE OF MUSEUM SALARIES Edited by Dawn A Salerno, Mark S Gold and Kristina Durocher We invite international submissions for our forthcoming book, For Love or Money: The State of Museum Salaries, which we'll be publishing next year (2019). Proposals should be submitted by Monday 17 December 2018. Please feel free to forward this information to colleagues who may have a special interest in this important subject. A copy of the full Call for Papers may be viewed and downloaded from: http://bit.ly/FLoMMS The museum profession suffers from systemic under-compensation and pay inequality. This book will examine both the causes of this situation and its resulting effect on staff, institutions, and the profession. It will also propose strategies for remedying the problem. It will: * identify internal and external factors that suppress wages; * consider the impact of the present practices and paradigms on the field as a whole; * articulate the benefits that fair and equitable compensation would achieve; * develop solutions to address wage inequity with the goal of strengthening our institutions, allowing committed museum staff to advance in careers that are financially and personally rewarding. Many museum professionals feel under-appreciated, some to the point of leaving for positions outside of museums. The employers, led ultimately by museum boards or local government entities, are faced with the challenge of balancing a budget and, as a solution, often relegate staff salaries and salary increases to the lowest priority. The result is a field in which salaries for highly qualified people remain low, staff size is as lean as it can be to sustain basic services, and employees are asked to do more for less, leading to high rates of staff turnover and impairment of the ability to realise important goals of diversity. Staff departures and turnover cost museums in productivity, quality and morale. Yet the prioritisation of investment in the museum visitor, by way of quality museum programs and capital projects, is rarely questioned. But what if, in this environment of low salaries and high staff turnover, the quality of the museum experience was at risk, causing a downward spiral in attendance and revenue? The benefits of employee longevity, loyalty, and productivity are lost, and the goal of diversity becomes harder to achieve. SUBMISSIONS This publication will consist of essays which explore these issues by bringing together research, analysis, case studies, commentary, and advocacy from a range of perspectives. We particularly welcome submissions based on practical experience (successful or otherwise) of initiatives and plans to address salary and wage inequality issues. For issues of particular interest please see: http://bit.ly/FLoMMS SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL If you are interested in being considered as a contributor, please submit a proposal and a short biography (in Microsoft Word format). Proposals should be 500-700 words in length and biographies 100-300 words. Please include a working title for your proposed chapter. You can propose to submit a chapter, a case study, or a thought or advocacy piece. Chapters will be 4000-6000 words in length. Case studies will be 1000-2000 words. Thought or advocacy pieces will be 1000-3000 words. The inclusion of images is encouraged. Please prepare your proposal with these parameters in mind. The work should not have been published elsewhere. All contributions must be submitted in English - translation services will not be provided. The deadline for proposals is 17 December 2018. Please email your proposal to both the editors [flomedit...@gmail.com] and the publishers [ flompublis...@museumsetc.com]. Any queries in advance of submission should be sent to the editors. For Love or Money: The State of Museum Salaries will be published by MuseumsEtc in print and digital editions. Contributors will receive a complimentary copy of the publication and a discount on more. KEY DATES PROPOSALS DUE: 17 DECEMBER 2018 CONTRIBUTORS NOTIFIED: 21 JANUARY 2019 COMPLETED PAPERS DUE: 12 APRIL 2019 Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc _ MuseumsEtc Ltd | www.museumsetc.com | sharing innovation UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 _ ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] INTRODUCING: THE MUSEUMSETC DIGITAL COLLECTION
List members may be interested in the launch of this new collection of books in a highly-affordable digital format. UNLIMITED ACCESS The MuseumsEtc Digital Collection provides full access to all our 60-plus titles - over 25,000 pages of experience of the latest initiatives in interpretation, design, learning, new media, marketing, management, collecting, retailing, catering and much more. (And all from the cost of two or three beers a month!) READ — SEARCH — PRINT — SHARE Enjoy the convenience which the Digital Collection provides: * Access from any device: desktop, laptop, tablet or phone * Search in one book or the whole collection to find the information you need * Print out or save pages of interest * Share content with colleagues on social media * Link directly to thousands of online references INDIVIDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS Two different types of Digital Collection subscriptions are available. Individual Subscriptions for personal, single-user access. And Institutional Subscriptions for multi-user access by museum staff, university staff and students, museum studies departments or libraries. Both types including all new titles as they are published. MORE INFORMATION For full information, screenshots, subscription options and to subscribe, simply visit: www.museumsetc.com/pages/digital-collection Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc ___ MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] Call for Papers: Feminism and Museums
CALL FOR PAPERS: FEMINISM AND MUSEUMS Edited by Dr Jenna Ashton We invite international submissions for our forthcoming book, Feminism and Museums: Intervention, Disruption and Change, which we'll be publishing next year (2017), to be edited by Dr Jenna Ashton (Manchester Metropolitan University). Proposals should be submitted by Monday 21 November 2016. Please feel free to forward this information to colleagues who may have a special interest. A copy of the full Call for Papers may be downloaded from: http://bit.ly/FemMus This year, feminist activists The Guerrilla Girls stage their latest exhibition (and first in the UK), showcasing a survey of 400 European galleries and revealing that museums still fail to reflect the full diversity of art activity and art history. The anonymous art collective’s methods of disruption range from site-specific protests and performances to research, publications, posters and billboards. All the while remaining anonymous in their gorilla masks. Many other feminist curatorial projects continue to challenge the exclusion or misrepresentation of women’s histories and cultural activities. As long ago as 1913, in the first disruptive feminist act, three suffragettes attacked a number of pictures in Manchester Art Gallery as part of the campaign for women’s votes. More recently, artists such as Judy Chicago have created activist pieces aiming to redress the absence of women’s creativity and cultural heritage in museums; while academics such as Linda Nochlin in her seminal essay “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” have analysed the sexual politics underpinning the exclusion of women from cultural canons. Feminism and Museums: Intervention, Disruption and Change will bring together case studies and analyses of recent feminist actions, interventions and disruptions which aim to directly impact and influence collecting, interpretation and engagement activities in museums, galleries and heritage organisations. PURPOSE The aims of the publication are: * To encourage and facilitate feminist practice by sharing examples of success and positive experience in the museum and heritage sector. * To evaluate the impact and results of feminist practices and actions in the museum and heritage sector. EDITOR Dr Jenna Ashton is Impact and Engagement Manager at Manchester Metropolitan University’s Office for Research and Knowledge Exchange, and Creative Director of the Digital Women’s Archive North [DWAN]. Her research and curatorial practice explores memory and narrative, material culture, archives and feminist interventions. SUBMISSIONS We welcome international proposals for both (longer) chapters and (briefer) case studies from museum, gallery and heritage professionals, academics and researchers. Proposals from those with practical experience of assessing and evaluating outcomes in this field are particularly welcome, as are contributions which present the practical experience of innovative programmes, or the results of the impact of new initiatives. Aspects of interest include – but are not limited to – innovations and successes in any of the following areas: * Curatorial and collecting decisions and initiatives * Positive innovations in the fields of management, marketing, interpretation, exhibitions, digital, outreach and other key aspects of museum and heritage work. * Successful changes to institutional structures, policies or practices * The discovery and presentation of hidden herstories * Positive engagement with voluntary or activist women's organisations * The impact of organisations founded or managed on a feminist ethos * Artist interventions SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL If you are interested in being considered as a contributor, please submit a proposal and a short biography (in Microsoft Word format). Proposals should be 300-500 words in length and biographies 100-200 words. You can propose to submit either a chapter or a case study. Chapters will be 4000-6000 words in length. Case studies will be 1000-2000 words. The inclusion of images is encouraged. Please prepare your proposal with these parameters in mind. The work should not have been published elsewhere and all contributions must be submitted in English - translation services will not be provided. The deadline for proposals is Monday 21 November 2016. Please email your proposal to both the editor: jca.cura...@gmail.com and the publishers: propos...@museumsetc.com. Any queries in advance of submission should be sent to the editor. Feminism and Museums will be published by MuseumsEtc in print and digital editions in 2017. Contributors will receive a complimentary copy of the publication and a discount on more. KEY DATES PROPOSALS DUE: MONDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2016 CONTRIBUTORS NOTIFIED: 5 DECEMBER 2016 COMPLETED PAPERS DUE: 20 FEBRUARY 2017 Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc ___ MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675
[MCN-L] New Book from MuseumsEtc: MUSEUM PARTICIPATION - New Directions for Audience Collaboration
List members may be interested in this new book, currently available with Super Early-Bird 20% savings: "Genuine participation is about much more than simply taking part. But many museums’ commitment to engagement and participation remains at this superficial level." In 30 chapters and detailed case studies, world-class museums and leading professionals share their understanding and experience of audience participation, including: Art Gallery of Ontario, British Museum, Indianapolis Museum of Art, National Trust and the Natural History Museum. Museum Participation: New Directions for Audience Collaboration provides examples of inspirational participative practice within larger museums and galleries throughout the world, as well as provocative and challenging thinking from eminent professionals. It shows what is being done, and how it can be done. For full details, contents and author list, please visit: www.museumsetc.com/products/museum-participation Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc ___ MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] New Book from MuseumsEtc: MUSEUMS AND VISITOR PHOTOGRAPHY
List members may be interested in this new book, currently available with Early-Bird 15% savings. “Over one trillion photographs were taken last year... Photography is profoundly redefining the museum experience - inside and online.” Based on innovative practice in leading museums and galleries (including the British Museum, Carnegie Museum of Art, Rijksmuseum and Wellcome Collection), and the latest research, this lavishly-illustrated, 500-page handbook will help you understand, connect with, and sympathetically manage visitors’ participation - both within the museum and online. Positive and proactive involvement with visitor photography is still in its infancy in most museums and galleries. But here, 18 authors share their experiences of visitor photography and how its creative use can result in: * enhancing social interaction and creativity * encouraging audience engagement * motivating learning * helping recurate exhibitions * connecting with new audiences * and encouraging the contribution of new content. For full details, contents and author list, please visit: www.museumsetc.com/products/museums-and-visitor-photography Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc ___ MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] Call for Papers: The Museum Blog Book
We're currently inviting submissions for inclusion in an exciting new book which MuseumsEtc will be publishing early next year: The Museum Blog Book. Today, much of the most interesting, innovative and passionate writing - and dialogue - about museums and galleries takes place around some 500 carefully-crafted, thoughtfully-created museum blogs and personal websites. But all too little of this content enters into mainstream museum discourse on a regular basis. The Museum Blog Book aims to remedy this. If you'd like to submit content, our deadline for receiving it is 11 January 2016. Alternatively, please forward this information to any colleagues who may be interested - we're keen to get a really wide range of experience into what will be a particularly interesting publication. Full details of this Call For Papers can be found at: http://bit.ly/MBBCFP I hope you'll want to participate! Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc ___ MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 ___ ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] New Book from MuseumsEtc - CODE | WORDS: Technology and Theory in the Museum
CODE | WORDS: Technology and Theory in the Museum Editors: Ed Rodley (Peabody Essex Museum), Robert Stein (Dallas Museum of Art) & Suse Cairns (Baltimore Museum of Art) List members may be interested in this new book, currently available with Early-Bird 20% savings. “Exciting, important and wide-ranging.” Sree Sreenivasan, Chief Digital Officer, Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Like the future, it is experimental, uncertain, and brilliant.” Nina Simon, Executive Director, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, author of The Participatory Museum. CODE | WORDS brings together leading museum thinkers and practitioners to explore emerging issues about the nature of museums in the light of the dramatic and ongoing impact of digital technologies. Originally an online dialogue, CODE | WORDS is a series of conversations which explores challenging questions about the identity of museums, their role in society, their responsibility to serve a global public, and the nature of collecting, preservation, education, scholarship, primary research, and ethics in a digital age. The authors aim to inspire change, and to demonstrate the important relationship between emerging digital practices and museum theory. For full details, contents and author list, simply visit: www.museumsetc.com/products/code-words Digital technologies won’t solve all the problems in the world, or the museum. Things will change, as they always do. How will we respond to those changes in a deliberate manner? This important new book will help you decide. Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc PS A proportion of the sales of CODE | WORDS will support the Museum Computer Network Scholarship Fund. ___ MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] Call for Papers: Museum Participation - Engaging and Involving Audiences
CALL FOR PAPERS MUSEUM PARTICIPATION: Engaging and Involving Audiences Editors: Kayte McSweeney and Jennifer Kavanagh We invite international submissions to be included in this forthcoming book to be published by MuseumsEtc [www.museumsetc.com]. For convenience, the full Call for Papers may be downloaded here: http://bit.ly/1Qpqv9B In the last decade increasing numbers of museums and galleries worldwide have developed collaborative ways of working with the public which could be called “participatory” or “co-creative” – seeking to involve both current and potential audiences which have diverse expertise, knowledge and perspectives. Since Nina Simon published her toolkit in 2010, the museum sector has continued to develop audience engagement methodologies, with exciting and varied results. Now, both larger and national museums and galleries are embracing this practice, previously dominated by more community-focused institutions. Museum Participation aims to capture the ways in which these large-scale (i.e. larger or national) museums and galleries are embracing this practice, highlighting successes and challenges, and reflecting on its impact. AIMS * To encourage and facilitate participatory methods of working in larger and national institutions by sharing examples of innovation, best practice, useful models and valuable experience. * To share the results of research, analysis and evaluation. * To explore the distinctive challenges which large-scale institutions face. * To investigate the impact of participation on working practices. * To reflect on the development of participatory practice in large-scale institutions. EDITORS Kayte McSweeney is currently Senior Audience Advocate and Researcher at the Science Museum, London and from mid-June will be the Object Journeys Partnership Manager at the British Museum. She is also co-chair of the Visitor Studies Group. Jen Kavanagh is Senior Curator of Contemporary History at the Museum of London. She was previously Audience Engagement Manager for the Information Age gallery at the Science Museum and Community Curator at the London Transport Museum. SUBMISSIONS We welcome international proposals for both (longer) chapters and (briefer) case studies from museum and gallery professionals, academics and researchers. Proposals from those with practical experience of assessing and evaluating outcomes in this field are particularly welcome, as are contributions which detail practical experience of innovative programmes, or which present the results of the impact of new initiatives. Submissions should address the work of institutions which face the issues of scale associated with larger-scale or national museums and galleries. Aspects of interest include – but are not limited to – innovations and successes in one or more of the following: * Case studies of participatory practice in areas such as: collecting or collections research; exhibition development, design or implementation; learning; public programmes; communications including online and social media; publishing. * Analysis and evaluation of the Impact of participation on the institution, the visitors and/or the participants. * How collaborative working is changing or challenging the role of cultural institutions. * Co-creation projects and the move from engagement to social justice. * The legacy of participation and audience development. SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL If you are interested in being considered as a contributor, please submit a proposal and a short biography (in Microsoft Word format). Proposals should be 300-500 words in length and biographies 100-200 words. You can propose to submit either a chapter or a case study. Chapters will be 4000-6000 words in length. Case studies will be 1000-2000 words. The inclusion of images is encouraged. Please prepare your proposal with these parameters in mind. The work should not have been published elsewhere and all contributions must be submitted in English - translation services will not be provided. The deadline for proposals is Monday 6 July 2015. Please email your proposal to both the editors [jkavan...@museumoflondon.org.uk and kaytemcswee...@gmail.com] and the publishers [propos...@museumsetc.com]. Any queries in advance of submission should be sent to the editors. Museum Participation will be published by MuseumsEtc in print and digital editions. Contributors will receive a complimentary copy of the publication and a discount on more. KEY DATES PROPOSALS DUE: MONDAY 13 JULY 2015 CONTRIBUTORS NOTIFIED: 27 JULY 2015 COMPLETED PAPERS DUE: 19 OCTOBER 2015 Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc ___ MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 ___ ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer
[MCN-L] Museums and Visitor Photography: Call for Papers
We invite international submissions to be included in this forthcoming book to be published in colour by MuseumsEtc in 2015 and edited by Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert (Cyprus University of Technology and 2014 Smithsonian Institution Fellow in Museum Studies). The full Call for Papers may be downloaded here: http://bit.ly/museumsetc002 Please feel free to forward this email to interested colleagues! SUBMISSIONS We welcome proposals for both chapters and case studies from museum professionals, academics, photographers, artists and other visual practitioners. Proposals from those with practical experience of evaluating and assessing outcomes in this field are particularly welcome. We are seeking contributions that deal with a wide range of issues in connection with visitor photography in museums: * museum visitor photography and its relationship with experience and memory * visitor photography and learning * visitor photography, performance and identity * behaviour of visitors with cameras * kinds of photographs produced by visitors in museums * photography and sociability inside museums * connecting with museum artefacts through photography * photographic reproductions of museum artefacts and uses/sharing * visitor photography and uses outside the museum space * visitor photography and everyday life * online photo-sharing and visitor photography * visitor photography and the development of new audiences * visitor photography and its role in fundraising, development or marketing * photographing museum visitors (artistic and other representations) * museum visitors using photography as artists or/and researchers * artists using photography as museum visitors or/and researchers This list is not exhaustive so we welcome proposals on other issues related to the central theme of the book. THE EDITOR Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert, this year's recipient of the Smithsonian Institution Fellowship in Museum Practice, is Coordinator of the Visual Sociology and Museum Studies Lab and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts of the Cyprus University of Technology. She holds a PhD in museum studies from the University of Leicester; is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, an Arts and Humanities Research Council Award, and an A. G. Leventis Foundation Scholarship; and has published widely on photography and museums. THE DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS 15 SEPTEMBER 2014. The full Call for Papers, and details of how to submit your proposal, can be found here: http://bit.ly/museumsetc002 Graeme Farnell Publisher MuseumsEtc --- MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139
[MCN-L] Announcing - 10 Must Reads: Learning, Engaging, Enriching
List members may be interested in this new book, currently available with over 10% savings. Learning, engagement and enrichment are at the very core of any museum's mission. This new collection shares the global experience of innovative professionals - in museums and galleries large and small - who have expanded the effectiveness and the boundaries of the museum learning process. The essays in this highly-practical, full-colour, 288-page book are, quite simply, essential reading on Museum Learning. 10 Must Reads: Learning, Engaging, Enriching will help you: * align your programmes with your audiences' learning needs * develop effective new learning partnerships * unlock the full learning potential of objects * explore controversial issues and conflicting perspectives * democratise and expand learning opportunities * use new technology intelligently to enhance learning For full details, sample images, and to receive over 10% savings on the published price, simply visit: www.museumsetc.com/products/10-must-reads-learning The book's content includes: Six Things We Didn't Know: Researching the Needs of Family Audiences John Bull, Learning Outreach Manager, Qatar Museums Authority Young Audiences for Old Collections: Implementing Children's Programming Christian Carr, Professor of Art History, Savannah College of Art and Design Education Syndicates: A New Model for Museum Learning Tim Desmond, Chief Executive, Galleries of Justice Museum and National Centre for Citizenship and the Law, Nottingham, UK Mechanisms of Violence: Historical Tools for Human Rights Education Marzia Gigli (Head of Education), Elena Monicelli (Co-Director) Mattia Seligardi (Educator), Peace School Foundation of Monte Sole, Bologna, Italy The Curatorial Classroom: Creating Opportunities for Engaged Learning Jessica Hunter-Larsen, Curator, InterDisciplinary Arts Program, Colorado College, USA Learning Moments: Museum Education and Families Almadis Kristinsdottir, Director Norska Husid, and Lecturer, Museum Studies Department, University of Iceland From Collections to Curriculum: New Approaches to Teaching and Learning Steven Lubar, Professor of American Studies, Brown University, RI and Emily Stokes-Rees, Lecturer on Anthropology, Harvard University, MA Guests are Our Heroes: Redefining Immersion in First-Person History Programs Ailithir McGill, Director of Nickel Plate Arts, Indiana, and previously Assistant General Manager for Guest Experience, Conner Prairie Interactive History Park Learning from Objects Julian Vayne, Education Outreach Officer, The Museum of Barnstaple North Devon and Independent Museum Consultant Mobile Devices for Promoting Museum Learning Tim Zimmerman, Visiting Assistant Professor of Cognition and Education, Hampshire College, MA Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc ___ MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 ___
[MCN-L] New Book from MuseumsEtc - The Reflexive Photographer
List members may be interested in this new book, the first devoted to this important subject. Richly illustrated with 68 colour images, The Reflexive Photographer will help museums and galleries analyze in-depth and fully understand both contemporary and historic images of all kinds: from documentary to found photographs, and from journals to performance, play, and online photo-sharing. The book acts as a demonstration of the new tools and skills needed to fully appreciate and communicate the content and context of images. Full details of the book?s content are available here: www.museumsetc.com/products/reflexive In 13 chapters and over 300 pages, an international team of curators, academics and researchers present a rich variety of perspectives whilst exploring the photography of a range of world-renowned photographers, including Robert Frank, Daido Moriyama, Richard Mosse, Eadweard Muybridge, Ed Ruscha and Garry Winogrand. The Reflexive Photographer will be of great value to curators artistic and historical collections of images; and to archivists, librarians and others with a responsibility for, or interest in, photographic collections, both historic and contemporary. The book is currently available with a complimentary copy of Uneventful: The Rise of Photography, by Jeff Gates, Lead Producer, New Media Initiatives at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc ___ MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 ___ === http://www.museumsetc.com/products/album === www.museumsetc.com sharing innovation === For news of new books on photography, follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/museumsetcP ===
[MCN-L] New Book from MuseumsEtc - The Photograph and The Album: Histories, Practices, Futures
List members may be interested in this new book, now also available in an eBook edition. This is the third in our new series of books exploring key aspects of contemporary and historic photography. With over 480 pages and over 100 colour illustrations The Photograph and The Album is a perceptive and stimulating guide to understanding that most pervasive photographic format, the photo album. Becoming increasingly unruly, the album has survived for over 150 years, from the first experiments of the 1850s to today's interactive, mobile applications. Through the placing of single images in sequence, the photo album is the narrative format par excellence. And, as this book demonstrates, its narratives embrace the social, the historical, the sexual and the political. With contributions from 20 respected international authors - academics, curators, photographers, collectors, researchers and writers - The Photograph and The Album examines the topic in both visual and written form, spanning historic practice, present-day creation, and future trends. Full details of the book, its content and its authors, are available here: www.museumsetc.com/products/album The Photograph and The Album will be of value to both curators of image collections; and to librarians, archivists, universities and research workers and others with a responsibility for, or interest in, photographic collections, both historic and contemporary. Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc ___ MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 ___
[MCN-L] New MuseumsEtc Book Catalogue Available
List members may like to know that the latest MuseumsEtc Book Catalogue is now available to read online, download, share with colleagues, or as a printed edition. Featuring all the latest books, including the much-praised The Exemplary Museum and The Innovative Museum - and our expanding list of Writings on Photography titles - it's the quickest, most convenient way to browse all our books and videos. You'll find the catalogue at www.museumsetc.com And if, by any chance, you can't find that essential book you're looking for, let us know - our best new titles come from our readers' suggestions! Email yours to: ideas@ museumsetc.com We hope you'll find the Catalogue useful - and we look forward to hearing your proposals for titles to include in our next Catalogue! Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc --- MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave, Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139
[MCN-L] New Book from MuseumsEtc - The Innovative Museum: It's Up To You…
List members may be interested in this new publication, currently available at a pre-publication savings. The Innovative Museum brings together for the first time in book form a rich, varied and inspirational collection of essays which examine the role and the practice of innovation in the museum context worldwide. Based on the experience of pioneering institutions In its 440 pages, The Innovative Museum shares the experience of some of the world's leading international thinkers and practitioners in the field of innovation and museums. Together, these essays provide sound, practice-based examples of the process of successful innovation, especially in the key areas of communication, inclusion and change in a museum, gallery and heritage context. The wealth of pioneering institutions whose experiences are featured include: ? Center for the Preservation of the Political Memory, S?o Paulo, Brazil ? Constitution Hill Prison Museum, South Africa ? Experimentarium, Copenhagen ? Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow ? Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Chicago ? Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York City ? LUCE Foundation Centre for American Art, Smithsonian Institution ? Museum of Broken Relationships, Zagreb ? Museum of Free Derry, Derry ? National Air Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution ? National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution ? Science Museum, London ? Victims Museum, Fayzabad, Afghanistan The Innovative Museum is available to order at up to 20% savings until 28 February when the book will be published and orders shipped. For full details of the authors and content please visit: www.museumsetc.com/products/innovative This is a book packed with exciting ideas - ideas which have been put into practice. If you're at all interested in change, innovation and what museums can achieve, you won't want to miss it! Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc ___ MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 ___
[MCN-L] NEW BOOK: CALL FOR PAPERS - THE REFLEXIVE PHOTOGRAPHER
We invite international submissions to be included in this forthcoming book, to be published by MuseumsEtc [www.museumsetc.com] in 2013. The full Call for Papers may be downloaded here: http://bit.ly/ReflexivePhoto SUBMISSIONS Proposals are welcomed from writers, academics, photographers, curators, artists and other visual practitioners. This book will bring together the varied ways in which reflexivity manifests itself within photography and the photograph. In this instance we are taking a broad approach to the term (as evidenced in the suggestions below), where ?reflexivity? is used to describe: * The methods and dialogues that practitioners use to interrogate their own work * The manner in which these devices enable the photographer to engage in an exchange with the work of others and with the world around them We are seeking chapters that deal with a wide range of issues in relation to the principle of the reflexive photographer. This could encompass - but is not limited to - conceptual, cultural, historical and visual concerns relating to: * The historical perspectives of reflexivity * The photographer making visual work that is reflexive * The photographer writing about and reflecting on their own work * The use or affect that the materials of photography (the lens, the camera, etc.) have on reflexivity * The photographer using notebooks and sketchbooks (or equivalent) as a reflexive tool * The use or affect that different types of editing have on reflexivity * The photographer writing about the work of others as a reflexive tool * The analysis of seminal texts from key photographers * The interview as a means to reveal reflexivity * The examination of reflexivity where more than one practitioner is at work * The use of the photograph as a form of life writing * The use of reflexivity in the context of photography in the digital sphere Additionally, we are interested in examining different formats for reflexivity: * The book * Correspondence * The manifesto * The blog * The diary * The travelogue * The exhibition * Exhibition commentary, interpretation and/or the exhibition catalogue * The photo collective or group This list is not exhaustive and we welcome proposals on other themes. THE EDITORS Rosie Miller is a Lecturer and Critical Contextual Studies Area Leader in the School of Art Design, University of Salford, UK. Jonathan Carson is Associate Head (Academic) and Senior Lecturer in Critical Contextual Studies in the School of Art Design, University of Salford, UK. Theresa Wilkie is Director of Design Culture and Senior Lecturer in Critical Contextual Studies in the School of Art Design, University of Salford, UK. All three previously edited Photography and the Artist?s Book (MuseumsEtc, 2012). THE DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS 10 DECEMBER 2012. The full Call for Papers, and details of how to submit your proposal, can be found here: http://bit.ly/ReflexivePhoto Graeme Farnell Publisher MuseumsEtc --- MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139
[MCN-L] New MuseumsEtc Book Catalogue - And 10% Savings
List members may be interested to know that the new MuseumsEtc Autumn/Winter Book Catalogue is now available. You can browse the Catalogue online, download a copy, or order a printed copy. Just visit: http://bit.ly/T0Sqy8 The new Catalogue is divided into sections to help you find what you need: New Books, Learning, Interpretation, Social Media, Collections, Community, Generating Income - plus new Writings on Photography titles. * How To Save 10% * And to celebrate, for the next three days we're giving a 10% savings on ALL our titles. To get the savings, just go to www.museumsetc.com and enter the discount code 10DISCOUNT at the checkout. I hope you'll want to join the thousands of readers worldwide who have found our books enlightening, enriching and completely relevant... Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc PS Have a suggestion for new title? Our best books spring from your ideas - let us know at ideas at museumsetc.com ___ MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave, Ste. 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 ___
[MCN-L] New Book - A Handbook for Academic Museums (Volume 2): Beyond Exhibitions and Education
List members may be interested in the following new publication, currently available at up to 20% discount and with a bonus digital edition. A vital resource for anyone working in or concerned about [academic] museums. It will become the standard text for generations to come. James Cuno, President CEO, The J. Paul Getty Trust A Handbook for Academic Museums: Beyond Exhibitions and Education is the second of two companion volumes which, quite simply, aim to aggregate in one convenient place current thinking on the opportunities and issues unique to academic museums. The result is a collection of best practices, innovations, and sound approaches that offer guidance and inspiration for the entire community, large and small, well-endowed and modestly-resourced alike. This book is - above all - a hugely practical resource! Academic Museums is already being highly praised by leading museum directors: to see what they're saying, and to view full details of the book's content, the authors, and to place your order, please visit: www.museumsetc.com/products/am2 This 650-page volume addresses the strategic issues of mission, relationship to the parent organization, phases of birth and growth of academic museums, new technologies, and the collection as an asset of the parent organisation. Save with our Early-Bird Preview Edition! For a limited time only, a special launch offer is available: * Save up to 20% on the published price * Have immediate access to the book's 26 chapters online * Receive a free Digital Edition to read on any device * Receive your printed copy in July As always, we offer all our readers an unconditional guarantee: if, once received, you decide for any reason this book is not for you, you can simply return it to us for a full refund. Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc --- MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave, Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139
[MCN-L] New Book - Photography and the Artist's Book
List members may be interested in the following new publication, currently available at a discount and with a bonus digital edition. Never has there been greater interest in the relationship between photography and the artist?s book - both as a work of art and as an alternative means of presentation and communication. In its 300 pages, this important new book is one of the first to provide an informed, international critical perspective on these exciting developments. It brings together leading theorists and leading photographers from Australia, Germany, Ireland, the UK and the USA to explore and illustrate the issues, the latest initiatives, and the possible future of the relationship between photography and the artist?s book. Photography and the Artist's Book is divided into three sections, which focus on: * Forms - The Photographic Essay, Photographic Novel and other Narrative Forms * Sequence - Sequence, Seriality and Typology * Audience - Zines, Multiples and Limited Editions Among the themes explored are: * Fictional Documentary Photography in Artists? Books * Artists and Albums * Francesca Woodman's Artist's Books * Revisiting Catharsis: Images of Post-Conflict Belfast * Conceptual Documentary Photography as a Tool of Analysis * Artistic Research and its Document as Artist?s Book * Reinstating Touch in the Documentary Photobook * Future Dissemination of the Self-Published Artists? Book For a limited time only, a special launch offer is available: * Save up to 20% on the published price * Start reading today, with access to the book's content online as it develops * Receive a free Digital Edition to read on any device * Receive your copy of the printed edition on 14 May For full details of the book, the authors, and to place your order, please visit: www.museumsetc.com/products/artists This book is packed with creative insights and if you're at all interested in this field, you'll find it hugely stimulating! Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc PS We offer all our readers an unconditional guarantee: if, once received, you decide for any reason this book is not for you, simply return it to us for a full refund! --- MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: PO Box 425386 | Cambridge | MA 02142
[MCN-L] New eBook - Museums at Play: Games, Interaction and Learning
List members may be interested to know that this publication is now available in an eBook edition. In over 40 richly-illustrated chapters, and over 650 pages, Museums at Play - edited by Katy Beale - provides an extraordinary and unique international overview of the development, use and evaluation of games within museum and cultural contexts. The book features contributions from leading museum professionals in world-class institutions including: British Museum, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Children?s Discovery Museum of San Jose, Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, Museum of London, New Art Gallery Walsall, Science Museum, SciTech, Smithsonian Institution, Tate, Walker Art Center and specialists from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, UK and USA. To see the full contents listing and to place an order, please visit: www.museumsetc.com/products/museums-at-play Graeme Farnell MuseumsEtc __ MuseumsEtc Ltd UK: 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB USA: PO Box 425386 | Cambridge | MA 02142 __
[MCN-L] Available Now: New MuseumsEtc Books Catalogue
List members may like to know that the new MuseumsEtc Books Catalogue is now available to download or read online. It's full of new titles guaranteed to both inform and inspire you - and your colleagues. You can browse or download the new catalogue from the home page of our website: www.museumsetc.com or here: http://museumsetc.com/blogs/news/382-new-book-catalogue-available And we're thrilled, by the way, at what you - our readers and reviewers - are saying about our titles: * Buy, read and above all use this book as a source of inspiration. * A fine addition to the library for any museum. * This important collection makes a key contribution to the field. * A thought-provoking selection of essays to inform policy and practice. * Enlightening, enriching and completely relevant. * A great book concept and a great publishing format. * This is a classic work. An essential manual. * Full of illuminating examples as well as precious practical suggestions. * Required reading for all who care about visitors. * A welcome set of case studies. Up-to-date and stimulating. * Presents knowledge in an organized and concise manner. * A great resource for the design team to have. If you haven't already sampled one of our books, you can do so risk-free. They are all covered by this guarantee - if you decide a title's not for you, simply return it for a full refund. Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc - MuseumsEtc Ltd | Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB | UK E: books at museumsetc.com | W: www.museumsetc.com | T: +44 (0)845 478 2791 T: www.twitter.com/museumsetc
[MCN-L] New Book: Interpretive Master Planning: Creating Interpretation That Really Works!
List members may be interested in this new two-volume set of books, currently available at a 20% savings. Interpretive Master Planning presents - in two comprehensive volumes - a wealth of information on how to plan and design successful interpretive facilities and services. The lively text by John Veverka - one of the world's leading international consultants in interpretive planning - uses anecdotes, case histories and interactive examples to illustrate all aspects of interpretive planning: from theories of visitor psychology to budgeting, planning strategies and practical, field-tested ideas on everything from scriptwriting to evaluation. Interpretive Master Planning (Two Volumes) is the most comprehensive reference book on the subject, an invaluable resource for designing interpretation that really works. For all the information about the books, the author, and to place your order, please visit: www.museumsetc.com/products/interpretation Among the many key issues covered in these books' advice-packed 38 chapters are: ? Interpretation as a communication process ? Developing an exhibit planning system ? Standards for successful interpretive graphics ? Creating a total visitor experience ? Defining an interpretive planning model ? Setting interpretive goals and objectives ? Visitor orientation needs ? Developing interpretive stories ? Successfully implementing your interpretive plan ? Integrating your interpretation into the bigger picture ? Planning and developing self-guided routes ? Personalised interpretive programmes ? Developing successful partnerships Because of its importance, we?re releasing this book in our Preview Edition format, which provides early access to the book?s content before it?s published. Order now and you: 1. save over 20% on the published price; 2. receive a free copy of the printed edition on publication in June; 3. get immediate access to the text online - to read, download or print. Any questions, just drop me an email. Graeme Farnell MuseumsEtc PS We offer all our readers an unconditional guarantee: if, once received, you decide for any reason these books are not for you, simply return them to us for a full refund! _ MuseumsEtc | Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB | UK | www.museumsetc.com
[MCN-L] New Book - Museums of Ideas: Commitment and Conflict
The following new book may be of interest, currently available with 20% savings. Traditionally, museums have been established on the basis of collections. However, some of today?s most challenging and dynamic museums are those founded on the basis of ideas. Their themes may span human rights, social inclusion, peace, war, health, gender, climate change... Their size, budget, scope and ambitions may differ, but they are all driven and committed in a way which tends to set them apart. Museums of Ideas: Commitment and Conflict provides a unique insight into the operation of these committed, pioneering institutions, highlighting what can be learned from their experiences - and applied to benefit the broader museum community and its users. To view the complete contents and order your copy please visit: http://museumsetc.com/products/museums-of-ideas-commitment-and-conflict In some 35 chapters and 450 pages, this major new book provides an extraordinary overview of the thinking behind the programmes of some of today's most exciting and challenging museums, including the following: * Canadian Museum of Human Rights * Happy Museum Project, UK * Jihad Museum, Afghanistan * Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Japan * Levine Museum of the New South, USA * Liberation War Museum, Bangladesh * Museum of Broken Relationships, Zagreb * Museum of Defecation, Delhi * Museum of Free Derry, UK * Museum of Historical Memory, Ukraine * Museum of Sexology, Oslo * Museum of the English Language * National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, USA * President Lincoln?s Cottage, Wqshington DC, USA * Victims Museum, Afghanistan Museums of Ideas is written by leading museum specialists and focuses on pioneering and innovative institutions in more than 17 different countries: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Finland, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Ukraine, UK, and USA. Because of its importance, we?re releasing this book in our Preview Edition format, which provides early access to the book?s content before it?s published. Order now and you: 1. save over 20% on the published price; 2. receive a free copy of the printed edition on publication in May; 3. get access the text online as it develops - to read, download or print. Meantime, any questions, just drop me an email. Graeme Farnell MuseumsEtc PS We offer all our readers an unconditional guarantee: if, once received, you decide for any reason this book's not for you, simply return it to us for a full refund.
[MCN-L] Forthcoming Book: Museums of Ideas - Call for Papers
We invite international submissions to be included in this forthcoming book, being published by MuseumsEtc [www.museumsetc.com] in Summer 2011. Traditionally, museums have been established on the basis of collections. However, some of today?s most challenging and dynamic museums throughout the world are those founded on the basis of ideas. Their themes span human rights, social inclusion, peace, health, gender or climate change. Their size, budget, scope and ambitions may differ, but they are all driven and committed in a way which tends to set them apart. Among them are such institutions as: * Canadian Museum of Human Rights, Winnipeg * Galleries of Justice Museum, Nottingham * Kliptown Museum, Soweto * Liberation War Museum, Bangladesh * Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York * Museum of AIDS in Africa * Museum of Memory and Tolerance, Mexico City * Museum of Memory in Rosario, Argentina * National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati * The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future, Dallas * Tower Museum, Northern Ireland Museums of Ideas will provide an in-depth international overview of the work of these committed and often pioneering institutions, highlighting what can be learned from their experiences. The book will aim to highlight what is different about them and what is working for them. We welcome submissions - of between 2000 to 6000 words - in the form of case studies, essays or opinion pieces focusing on, but not limited to, the following aspects of these museums? operations, especially where these reflect new, innovative and successful practice in museums large and small: * Institutional positioning * Governance * Objectivity and multiple points-of-view * Passion * Influence * Communication and outreach * Recruitment practice * Management practice * Measuring impact, outcomes and achievement * Problems faced * Political dimensions If you are interested in being considered as a contributor, please send an abstract (up to 250 words) and a short biography to books at museumsetc.com by 31 March 2011. Any enquiries should also be sent to this address. Contributors will receive a complimentary copy of the publication and a discount on more. The book will be published in both print and digital formats by MuseumsEtc in Summer 2011. DEADLINES ABSTRACTS: due 31 March 2011 COMPLETED PAPERS: due 30 April 2011 PUBLICATION: Summer 2011 MuseumsEtc March 2011
[MCN-L] Subscriptions to MuseumsEtc Books now available
List members may be interested in the following information. Subscriptions are now available to MuseumsEtc Books, with subscribers being the first to hear about, and receive, the latest paperback books as they're published, whilst enjoying savings of up to 20%, and free worldwide shipping. Subscribers can choose to receive the next three MuseumsEtc titles, or the next six. The first book is sent right away, and the others ship as they are published (monthly or less). MuseumsEtc is committed to publishing books which address contemporary museum topics in a practical, stimulating and authoritative way, working directly with museum and gallery professionals, and enabling best practice to be shared internationally. For all the information about subscriptions, the books included, and to subscribe, please visit: http://museumsetc.com/products/subscriptions Graeme Farnell MuseumsEtc PS We offer all subscribers a guarantee: if, once received, you decide for any reason a subscription's not for you, simply return the books for a full refund!
[MCN-L] New Publication - Museums at Play: Games, Interaction and Learning
List members may be interested in the following new publication, available at a 20% savings for a limited launch period. Museums are using games in many ways ? for interpretation, education, marketing, outreach and events. Museums at Play showcases tried and tested examples from the sector and seeks to inspire further informed use of games as part of the Museum toolbox. It also draws on relevant experience from other sectors, and on the experience of game designers and theorists. It looks at learnings from other disciplines and explores the possibilities of interaction using gaming within museums. In some 50 chapters, this new book provides an extraordinary international overview of the development, use and evaluation of games within museum and cultural contexts. Because of its rich and extensive content, the book is being published in complementary printed and eBook editions, with the eBook containing video, audio and extensive hyperlinks. For the full contents listing and to place your order, please visit: www.museumsetc.com/?p=3801 Museums At Play is edited by freelance strategist Katy Beale, who has wide-ranging interest in the field and extensive experience of helping creative and cultural organisations interact with and develop their audiences, having recently worked with Tate, Science Museum, BBC Radio 3, and the Crafts Council. The book features contributions from leading museum professionals in world-class institutions including: British Museum, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Children?s Discovery Museum of San Jose, Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, Museum of London, New Art Gallery Walsall, Science Museum, SciTech, Smithsonian Institution, Tate, Walker Art Center and specialists from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, UK and USA. Copies may be ordered online at www.museumsetc.com/?p=3801 Graeme Farnell MuseumsEtc
[MCN-L] Science Exhibitions - 36 New Essays from World-Class Museums
List members may be interested to know that this major new two-volume set of books, SCIENCE EXHIBITIONS, is available at a launch savings of 25% this month. It contains 1,180 pages of case studies and insights - 36 essays - in which senior professionals from some of the world's leading museums and research institutions share their experience: including The Science Museum, Liberty Science Center, Miami Science Museum, New York Hall of Science, Museum Victoria, Canada Science Technology Museum, Manchester Museum and English Heritage. Together, they provide an authoritative, stimulating and challenging overview of new, innovative and successful initiatives in this increasingly important and popular field. Importantly, the scope of these essays goes far beyond the traditional science museum or science centre, providing important new insights into exhibitions of natural history, industry and technology, social history - even contemporary art collections. To view the complete contents list and to order please visit: www.museumsetc.com/?p=3592 Graeme Farnell Publisher MuseumsEtc
[MCN-L] Launch Offer: Realising The Potential of Twitter - The Complete Guide for Museums
Realising The Potential of Twitter: The Complete Guide for Museums shares the experience of museum professionals at the exciting interface between social media, museum outreach, and building relationships with new audiences. To celebrate this launch, until next Tuesday, 5 October, we're making copies of this new collection available at a savings of almost 50%! Our Realising The Potential of Twitter Collection consists of four information-packed items: 1. BOOK: a 412-page hardback book, containing 25 practical, how-to articles and case studies from leading international museum professionals and a highly-experienced International Advisory Board: Twitter for Museums: Strategies and Tactics for Success. You'll discover how world-class organisations like Tate, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Trust and Barcelona's award-winning Museu Picasso are making Twitter work for them. 2. CD: a multimedia CD, containing audio and presentations sharing hands-on experience and insider tips from two of the most successful museums using Twitter: London's VA and The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future in Dallas: Real-World Twitter in Action. 3. ONLINE SEMINAR: in which international museum marketing guru and author, Dr Neil Kotler, explores and explains the principles and practice of developing your museum's audience: Audience Creation, being held on 13 October, 10.00-11.00 (EST); 15.00-16.00 (GMT). 4. VIDEO: of the Audience Creation seminar - perfect if you can't make the date, or want to share the content with your colleagues - containing the complete audio, presentation materials, delegate questions and discussion from the event. Realising The Potential of Twitter will be of value to museums and heritage organisations large and small alike. The products in the Collection are already being used by many of the world's leading heritage institutions, including: British Museum, Canadian Museum of Nature, Franklin Institute, Historic Royal Palaces, National Archives, National Gallery of Ireland, National Library of Sweden, National Museum of Natural History, National Portrait Gallery, Parks Canada, Royal Ontario Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Royal Collection? and many more. These four products normally cost ?188.95 (plus shipping). However, when you order Realising The Potential of Twitter, you receive them all for just ?97 (plus ?5 worldwide shipping) - that's almost 50% savings! For more information or to order your copy, please visit: www.museumsetc.com/?p=3413 Graeme Farnell Publisher, MuseumsEtc
[MCN-L] Call for Papers: Two New Books on Museum Retailing (including Online)
We're currently inviting articles for two new books on museum retailing scheduled for publication early next year: * Successful Online Retailing * Alive to Change: Successful Retailing in Museums (Revised and Expanded Second Edition). If you'd like to contribute and share your experience, please email a brief outline of your proposed article to us at books at museumsetc.com by 15 October latest. The deadline for final submissions is 26 November. You can find full details of this Call for Papers at: www.museumsetc.com/?p=3394 If this is not your field, please feel free to forward this email to colleagues who may be interested in contributing - thanks! Graeme Farnell Publisher MuseumsEtc
[MCN-L] Call for Papers: Sustainable Museums
List members may be interested in contributing a concise case study to our forthcoming title: Sustainable Museums - Strategies for the 21st Century, which we'll be publishing in November. Please note that abstracts are requested by 12 September - full details are set out below and can also be found at: www.museumsetc.com/?p=3313 Graeme Farnell MuseumsEtc PS Please feel free to forward this email to colleagues whom you feel may be interested in contributing - thanks! -- Call for Papers Sustainable Museums: Strategies for the 21st Century We?re inviting submissions for a series of concise case studies to be included in our forthcoming book, Sustainable Museums: Strategies for the 21st Century, scheduled for publication in November. Written by sustainability expert Rachel Madan ? who as the Director of Greener Museums has worked with many US and UK organisations including Tate, the (UK Government?s) Department of Culture Media Sport, National Museums Liverpool and the National Library of Scotland ? Sustainable Museums will provide a system which enables museum professionals to start making changes that are both transformational and lasting. Its approach aims to help create museums which are resilient, confident and secure in their approach to sustainability. We wish to include a range of international case studies in this publication and welcome submissions including, but not limited to, the following issues/themes, especially where these reflect new, innovative and successful practice: ? Leadership on sustainability from senior management, including the Director and Trustees. ? The ability of staff members to influence policy on sustainability. ? The activities of ?green champions?. ? How sustainability is effectively managed within the organisation. ? How sustainability performance is assessed, and data collected and reported. ? How your museum?s sustainability strategy was developed. ? How your museum has set and achieved targets and milestones related to sustainability. ? How your museum has created policies and plans to support your efforts to improve sustainability. ? How your museum effectively communicates internally on sustainability. ? How your museum effectively communicates externally on sustainability. ? Other successful and innovative initiatives in the field of sustainablity. Please initially submit an abstract (up to 300 words) and a biographical note (up to 150 words) by 12 September 2010. Invitations to submit a full case study will be notified by 17 September. Final case studies should be between 500 ? 750 words and may include images. The deadline date for submission will be 10 October 2010. Contributors will receive a complimentary copy of the book and a discount on additional copies. Please send your abstract to both the publishers, MuseumsEtc, [ books at museumsetc.com] and the author, Rachel Madan [ support at greenermuseums.org]. --
[MCN-L] Audience Creation in Museums: International Online Seminar with Dr Neil Kotler
Wednesday 13 October, 10.00-11.00 (EST); 15.00-16.00 (GMT) We are delighted to announce that Dr Neil Kotler has agreed to present an International Online Seminar on the theme of Audience Creation in Museums on Wednesday 13 October. Dr Kotler is world-renowned as a leading thinker and practitioner in the field of museum marketing, with his groundbreaking book, Museum Marketing and Strategy: Designing Missions, Building Audiences, Generating Revenue and Resources - now in its second edition and translated into Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Korean - regarded as the key work in the field. Through his consulting firm, Kotler Museum and Cultural Marketing Consultants, Dr Kotler has worked with leading institutions in Asia, South America and Australia as well as Europe and the USA. In his seminar, Dr Kotler will allow ample time to respond to questions from delegates about the practical concerns, challenges and issues of audience creation. This is a rare opportunity to tap into the insights and experience of one of the world's leading exponents in the field. To facilitate questions and discussion, there are a strictly limited number of places available on this seminar and early booking is essential to secure a place. Value and convenience: The seminar gives you access to unique advice, information and inspiration - from the convenience of your laptop or desktop computer. No travel time, expense or accommodation is involved - all you need is an internet connection and computer audio. Audience Creation in Museums is terrific value at just ?47. And this even includes at no extra cost: ? participating with a group of your colleagues ? accessing the recording of the event online ? sharing the recording online with your colleagues To register, please visit: www.museumsetc.com/?p=3130 Can't make the date or time? Just reserve your place and you'll automatically receive the complete recording the next day to study at your convenience! I hope you'll join us for this stimulating and exciting event - but please do remember to reserve your place as soon as you can to avoid disappointment. Graeme Farnell MuseumsEtc
[MCN-L] New Book: Twitter for Museums
Preview Edition Available NOW: Twitter for Museums This is a unique book about how museums, galleries and other cultural organisations large and small can ? and are ? using Twitter to successfully involve their very diverse communities. And it's written by some of the museum community?s most experienced and creative users of Twitter. For all the information and to place an order, please go here: www.museumsetc.com/?p=1501 Appropriately, it?s a book with a difference. Our Preview Edition provides early access to the book's content - before it's published. Order it now and you: ? receive a complimentary copy of the final paperback edition on publication in January; ? access the digital version as it's being written, right now - online, download a copy, or print it out; ? can help shape the final product by interacting with the authors and editors. Whether you're just starting out, or already an experienced user, Twitter for Museums will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Twitter. And provide in-depth case studies of how museums worldwide, at marginal cost, are successfully using it to: ? attract new visitors ? build their brand ? sell tickets to special events and exhibitions ? enhance PR activities ? raise funds ? boost retail sales ? reach new audiences ? pick up new ideas ? influence decision makers ? link up with professional colleagues The topics covered include: ? Making the case for Twitter to your organisation ? Having a policy and being clear about your aims ? Protecting the museum?s image and ?controlling? content ? Successful tweeting: events, tours, quizzes, prizes, fieldwork, object of the day and lots more ? How to build your followers ? Integrating images, audio and video ? Using Twitter for research ? Using third-party applications ? Monitoring: tracking, measuring and reporting ? Using multiple Twitter accounts ? Linking Twitter to your other social media platforms We've brought together stellar contributors from three continents, and a highly experienced Editorial Advisory Board, comprising: ? Dana Allen-Greil, Project Manager, New Media, Smithsonian National Museum of American History ? Laurence Hill, Development Manager, Fabrica ? Kaia Landon, Assistant Director and Curator of Collections, Mesa Historical Museum ? Nancy Proctor, Head of New Media, Smithsonian American Art Museum ? Dan Zambonini, Technical Director, Box UK Twitter for Museums Preview Edition is available to order online now: www.museumsetc.com/?p=1501 Graeme Farnell MuseumsEtc
[MCN-L] Twitter in Action: Interactive Online Seminar
*Twitter in Action: Interactive Online Seminar* *Thursday 17 December* As you'll know, Twitter is the fastest-growing social media platform and in many ways particularly well-suited to the needs of museums and cultural organisations. Join us on 17 December for this Interactive Online Seminar with two of the world?s most popular museums on Twitter: the VA (London) and the Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future (Dallas). Between them they attract over 24,000 followers and they'll share the secrets of what?s working for them, what?s not ? and what makes their Twitter presence successful. You?ll hear direct from two experts in digital marketing and social media, the people responsible for both museums' Twitter presence: Naomi Saffery, Marketing Officer at the VA, and Alyssa Gardina, Marketing Associate at the Women's Museum. You'll be able to pinpoint in advance the areas you?d like them to explore, and ask questions to get the information you need to enhance ? or start ? your Twitter presence! Look over their shoulders as they demonstrate their Twitter setups. Explain what have been the benefits of Twitter to their museums. Share useful tips and tricks. Tell how best to involve and communicate with followers. And how they see their use of Twitter developing. Each seminar session gives you access to these experts followed by a QA discussion - from the comfort of your laptop or desktop computer. Twitter in Action is terrific value at just ?47 (Limited Time Early-Bird Rate), which includes access to the recorded sessions after the event, and the ability to share the experience with a group of your colleagues at no extra cost! To register, please visit: www.museumsetc.com/?p=1416 I hope you'll join us for what promises to be a stimulating event! Graeme Farnell MuseumsEtc
[MCN-L] Twitter For Museums: Share Your Experience
We're seeking the input and advice of museum folks about a new book we're planning... There are books about how to use Twitter, but none about how best museums and galleries, large and small, can ? and are ? using Twitter to involve their very diverse communities. We hope our forthcoming book will remedy this. We see it as having two parts: How To Do It and Twitter In Use (Case Studies). We plan that the book will be available as a paperback, an eBook, and - importantly of course - have a linked site for updates between revised editions. An integral part of the development of the book is interaction with Twitter users throughout the world ? seeking your advice, experience, ideas ? and practical input ? to make Twitter for Museums a useful, exciting, stimulating resource. We'd really welcome your input at this stage on: What topics should the book cover? What are the key issues and questions museums using Twitter need to address? We?ve set out our initial thoughts below. If you'd like to question these, or add your own suggestions, you can do so here: http://www.museumsetc.com/?p=1330 ? Why use Twitter? ? Having a policy and being clear about your aims ? What benefits should you expect? ? What about the time involved? ? What about protecting the museum?s image and ?controlling? content? ? Who should tweet? ? Using multiple Twitter accounts ? Setting up Twitter: what to do and what not to do ? What to tweet about ? Useful third party applications ? Adding images, audio and video ? Linking Twitter to other social media platforms ? How best to involve your communities: local, national, international, children, researchers etc ? Museum Case Studies ? Useful resources If you?re interested in sharing your experience by contributing to Twitter for Museums and: ? writing one or more sections ? or (co)editing ? or writing an article/essay please let us know and we?ll send you more information. Thanks in advance for your input! And if you'd like to hear from us as the book takes shape, preview draft chapters etc, follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/museumsetc Graeme Farnell MuseumsEtc
[MCN-L] Seminar: How To Tell Great Stories and Expand Your Audience
Podcasting for Museums and Galleries How To Tell Great Stories and Expand Your Audience One Day Seminar | London | Monday 5 October Podcasting for Museums Galleries is an intensive, information-packed event which is limited to just 25 participants to ensure that your particular institution's needs are fully met. The lead trainer will be Jude Habib, director of SoundDelivery, one of the UK's leading podcast producers, whose clients include the British Museum, Museum of London and the British Library. The seminar will take participants through the complete audio podcasting process from start to finish, with both practical demonstrations and actionable, in-depth information and advice. You'll be able to discuss your organisation's distinctive requirements, your needs and your approach. You'll be taught the skills you need to collect stories, case studies and other relevant audio material that can be used to enhance, communicate and promote the work of your organisation. What's covered? * Telling Stories - a creative session to explore ideas and formats for audio appropriate for your organisation, including podcasting * Developing your interviewing skills * Tooling up: the equipment and software you need to get started * How to use audio equipment to collect audio content * How to carry out basic sound editing on a PC * How to turn material into an mp3 file or podcast and upload it to a website * How to market your podcast and expand your audience Who should attend? The seminar is suitable for professionals involved in: audience development; communication, marketing and fundraising; interpretation and presentation; learning and schools; online and information services; social inclusion and community outreach. We are releasing a limited number of places on this seminar at reduced rate, saving 25% on the full rate. To take advantage of this saving, please don't delay reserving your place(s). Seats will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis and can be booked at: www.museumsetc.com/?p=54 MuseumsEtc 8 Albany Street Edinburgh EH1 3QB UK E: service at museumsetc.com
