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Building the Future of Museums on a Better Base of Knowledge
This week’s guest blog post is from Betty Farrell and her team at the Cultural Policy Center of the University of Chicago, presenting an abridged version of their recommendations from the report Demographic Transformation and the … -
Hello Museum People!
My name is Pinky and I am from The Pinky Show. Bunny and I were invited do a guest CFM blog, so here we are. We realize that many of you may not know who we are or why we are interested in museums, so we will start with that. We run an … -
Shaping the Financial Future of Museums: A Commentary by Marie Malaro
This week’s guest blogger is Marie C. Malaro, a lawyer, author and retired university professor. For many years she was legal counsel for the Smithsonian Institution, and later was Director of the Graduate Program in Museum Studies … -
The Future is Collaborative Part II: Early Exemplars
This is the second guest blog post by Günter Waibel, Program Officer at OCLC Research on the convergence of libraries, archives and museums (LAMs.) Read part I here. When OCLC Research recently studied LAM convergence through a workshop … -
The Future is Collaborative Part I: Give The People What They Want
About this week’s guest blogger: Günter Waibel is a Program Officer at OCLC Research with a long history of working at the intersection of libraries, archives and museums. He co-authored “Beyond the Silos of the LAMs: Collaboration … -
Thinking About Convergence Part 2: The Knowledge Commons
This is the second installment of David Curry’s two-part forecast of the convergence of libraries, archives and museums. One can certainly argue about whether the set of drivers I discussed in my last post is complete, or whether … -
One Potential Future for Museums, Archives, Libraries
The IMLS wiki UpNext kicked off last week looking at changing roles of museums and libraries as they adapt to the changing needs of their communities. The latest discussion focuses on shifts in power–are museums evolving into … -
The Future of Museums: Mausoleums or Houses of Curiosity?
The following essay by Gregory Rodriguez introduces the Discussion Guide for the second annual CFM lecture, to be webcast next Wednesday, Jan. 27 2–3 p.m. ET. Register for the free webcast. The words “museum” and … -
From Theory to Practice: Applying Futures Studies
A guest post contributed by Joe Cavanaugh, museum director of the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas. Joe was one of Elizabeth Merritt’s classmates in the University of Houston Future Studies Program’s certificate … -
Why Diversity? One Answer
Today’s guest post is by Day Al-Mohamed, Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Labor and member of the CFM Council. Day shares some thoughts in response to my post about the lecture by Gregory Rodriguez, which will be …
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