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Title Museums and public value : creating sustainable futures / [edited] by Carol Scott
Published Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate, 2013

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Contents An Introduction to Museums and Public Value / Carol A. Scott -- Section A. The operational environment : public value building blocks -- Creating Strategic Value : Thinking, Acting and Learning / Mark L. Weinberg and Kate Leeman -- Intentional Practice and Public Value / Randi Korn -- Evaluating Public Value : Strategy and Practice / Mary Ellen Munley -- Section B. Case studies : implementing public value -- Planning for public impact : a case study / Mike Houlihan -- Creating Public Value through Museum Education / Ben Garcia -- The Public as Co-producers : making the London, Sugar and Slavery gallery, Museum of London Docklands / David Spence, Tom Wareham, Caroline Bressey, June Bam-Hutchison, Annette Day -- Section C. Working with the authorising environment -- Measuring Public Value : Reflections from Australia / Lisa Conolly -- Museums and Public Value : A U.S. Cultural Agency Example / Marsha L. Semmel -- Public Value and Public Policy in Britain : Prospects and Perspectives / David O'Brien -- Social Impact or Public Value : Perspectives from a National Professional Association / Sharon Heal -- Going Further : Public Value in Scotland / Joanne Orr
Summary A range of authors from around the world unpack the concept of Public Value and examine its implications for museums. They situate Public Value within current management theory and practice, offer tools for implementation, highlight examples of successful practice and examine the evidence of Public Value that governments seek to inform policy and funding decisions. The book will be required reading for senior professionals in museums, as well as museum and heritage studies students
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Museums -- Public relations.
Museums -- Social aspects
Social values.
Museums -- Public relations -- Case studies
Museums -- Social aspects -- Case studies
Social Values
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Museum Administration & Museology.
REFERENCE -- General.
TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
Museums -- Public relations
Museums -- Social aspects
Social values
Musea.
Waardering.
Economische waarde.
Openbare voorzieningen.
Financiering.
Libraries and Museums.
Genre/Form Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
Author Scott, Carol, 1946-
LC no. 2012044658
ISBN 9781409446446
1409446441
129926350X
9781299263505
9781317092889
1317092880
9781315596488
1315596482