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Title Museum studies : perspectives and innovations / Stephen L. Williams and Catharine A. Hawks, editors
Published Washington, DC : Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, [2006]
©2006

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Description 281 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Contents Carolyn L. Rose : a life of innovation / Lawrence Reger -- Museum association effectiveness : a study of museum membership and professional community needs / Katherine L. Emhart -- Vision, values, and voice : the leadership challenge / Martha Morris -- Defining the role of the curator / Elizabeth A. Chambers -- Toward common nomenclature and definitions for natural science professional collections-related positions / Paisley S. Cato and Hugh H. Genoways -- Professionalism through academics : a historically established paradigm and its application to the museum field / Melissa R. Cunningham -- Museum studies programs in North America / John E. Simmons -- Curriculum standards for museum studies programs / Stephen L. Williams and John E. Simmons -- Occupational and environmental health education for museum professionals / Catharine A. Hawks and David F. Goldsmith -- Pursuing a national agenda in academics : merging programs of museum studies and library science / Jennifer K. Sheehan -- Bridging the divide : the student transition between academia and museum employment / Alison J. Miller and Laura A. Vannorsdel -- Investing in education : a cost analysis of museum studies graduate programs / Jennifer K. Sheehan, Melissa R. Cunningham, and Katherine L. Emhart -- Planning the future workforce of natural science research collections : a review of graduate academic programs in the United States / Stephen L. Williams and Hugh H. Genoways -- Archaeological curation crisis in the United States / Michael R. Bradle -- Design and application of environmental risk assessment at structurally enclosed in situ paleontological exhibits / Anita L. Benedict -- New tools for an old problem : old loan research and the Internet / Catherine E. Dean -- The changing significance and definition of the biological voucher / Mariko Kageyama ... [et al.] -- Native Americans and museums : a partnership toward cultural understanding / Sara Summers -- Incorporating traditional indigenous curation methods into the management of ethnographic collections : examples from the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution / Gillian A. Flynn
Notes A compilation in memory of Carolyn L. Rose
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Museum techniques -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Museums -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Museums -- Employees -- Training of.
Natural history museums -- Collection management.
Genre/Form Festschriften.
Author Rose, Carolyn L.
Williams, Stephen L., 1948-
Hawks, Catharine A.
ISBN 9780963547644
096354764X