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Small Museum Toolkit, Book Three
Organizational Management
Small Museum Toolkit, Book Three
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Description
Effectively managing people, facilities, and partnerships can make or break an institution. Museum operations encompasses responsibility for the maintenance of your structure, the safety of your visitors, and the security of your staff and collections. This behind-the-scenes administrative effort is rarely what calls people to work in museums, but good organizational management keeps your institution functioning smoothly. This book examines how to find and work well with all the people who can contribute daily to the museum: paid staff, volunteers, and interns. It also provides many organizational resources such as an outline for an operations policy manual, sample job descriptions, and a sample partnership agreement.
Table of Contents
Preface
Bob Beatty
Chapter 1 Can You Hand Me That Wrench? Managing Museum Operations
Claudia J. Nicholson
Chapter 2 Human Resources Administration: Building an Effective Team
Patricia Anne Murphy
Chapter 3 Are You Being Served? Attracting and Keeping Volunteers
Patricia L. Miller
Chapter 4 Let’s Get an Intern: Managing a Successful Internship Program
Amanda Wesselmann
Chapter 5 Many Hands Make Light Work: Strength through Collaboration
Eileen McHugh
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Bibliography
Index
About the Contributors
Product details
Published | Nov 16 2011 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 156 |
ISBN | 9780759113442 |
Imprint | AltaMira Press |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
About the contributors
Reviews
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The Small Museums Toolkit provides more proof that small museums are wonderful places run by creative professionals, many of whom have shared their insights and expertise as authors of this series. This book provides clear, comprehensive, practical information for anyone tackling management issues. If you work in a small museum, I urge you to read this book and take advantage of yet another useful resource from AASLH. Just think of it as great advice from good friends.
Nina Zannieri, Executive Director Paul Revere Memorial Association/Paul Revere House