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How a South Carolina Library Became a Model of Social Impact Innovation

By Vida Mikalcius

“Bad libraries build collections. Good libraries build services. Great libraries build communities.” —R. David Lankes – Professor and Director of the School of Library & Information Science at the University …
Grow Where You’re Planted: How to Progress in Your Career without Changing Institutions

By Leah M. Melber, Ph.D.

At some point in all of our careers, it happens. You run into a past colleague, often while mingling at a museum networking event, and after a hug or handshake you jump into updates. They tell you about their current role, a few states …
A Free Survey to Measure a Sense of Belonging at Museums

By Aaron Price & Lauren Applebaum

Not everyone wants to visit a museum. This is in part because of operational issues like cost, location, schedule, but these aren’t the whole story. Some don’t even reach the point of worrying about logistics, because the mere idea …
Ask an Expert: What Else Can We Digitize?

By Joseph O'Neill

With the new needs imposed by the pandemic, museums have seen considerable digital growth over the past few years. Not only have they begun to deliver more content and programming online, but to adopt more digital tools that support core …
Salary Transparency in Job Postings: One Museum’s Journey

By Karol Wight

For the past several years, the Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG) has been working to draft a long-range DEI&A strategic plan, with input from the museum’s cross-departmental DEI Matrix Team as well as leadership and departmental …
A House Museum Built for the Digital Age

By Trevor Beemon

The museum sector went into the pandemic ill-prepared to use digital strategies to keep themselves afloat, but many museums that had begun to experiment with how digital could enhance or replace existing practices found themselves at an …
Trendswatch: Museum Schools as Community Infrastructure

By American Alliance of Museums

Blackbaud hosted the annual TrendsWatch webinar, this year focusing on Museum Schools as Community Infrastructure. Hear about how museums have stepped up to fill in the gaps for PreK-12 education through various initiatives, including …
Get Your Geek On! How Museums Can Host Mission-Driven Community Conventions

By Karen Malone & Tarrah Kopka

Did you know that a freight elevator can just barely fit a life-size Tyrannosaurus rex puppet? We happened to learn this while getting ready for the Geek Con, an annual event held by the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science in …
September Advocacy Updates – Back to Congress

By American Alliance of Museums

Advocacy Alert – September 9, 2022 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: “Back to School” Month for Congress/Take Action: Urge Your Legislators to Support the Office of Museum Services (OMS) and Include a $20 Million Increase …
The Three Types of Museum Career Change, and How to Navigate Them

By Leah M. Melber, Ph.D.

I remember it clearly. My organization’s education department had just received a large gift to launch a new initiative. We planned to open a new informal learning center focusing on creative practice paired with research and evaluation …