Indigo-

Here are that information that I promised to send! This is annotated for
greater understanding of each site.  Also, when I made this list I didn't
put on the Western Museums Associations website that I watched also.

Museum Job Sites

Museum Resource Board:
http://www.interlog.com/~joellong/musjobs/musjobs.html
 This site will be very helpful.  I has a link to several job listing sites
through "Job Sites" and also has information about the various careers
available in the museum field. I have found the databases called Aviso
Employment Resources Online and the Museum Resource Board to be the most
helpful although the others are good for specific locations or specialized
jobs.

Global Museum: www.globalmuseum.org
 This site is fantastic.  It has a Career's link that will take you to all
kinds of jobs all over the world.  You can also see information about the
news that is happening around the world in the museum field.

Museum-L list serve
 This list is great.  Jobs are always being posted and if you missed
something don't forget to look at the Museum-L archives at
home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/museum-l.html

American Associate of State and Local History: www.aaslh.org
 The AASLH also has a job link that is very good, plus you can see what is
happening in the state and history association while you are there.

American Association of Museums: www.aam-us.org
 The AAM is a must for all new museum professionals, although the only real
job link they have is their Aviso online (mentioned above).  They do have
very good job descriptions that you may find helpful.

Society of American Archivists: www.archivists.org/
 This site contains an employment bulletin that is very helpful within the
archival field for those who are looking at that aspect.

Also, other regional associations can help in specific locations!

This is nothing that everyone else hasn't seen, it's just compiled to be
instructive rather than simply a list

Tracie

----- Original Message -----
From: Indigo Nights <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 12:18 AM
Subject: Re: Oh, No, NOT AGAIN!


> Tracie, I was going to suggest you privately send me
> the info, but, upon thinking it over, why don't you
> send it to the list.  It will help the newcomers.  I
> will keep a copy of what you suggest (as I have with
> the other suggestions).
>
> Addressing what our esteemed friend Mr. Ross Weeks
> said in his note earlier, the FAQ is not intended to
> supercede personal contact.  A good lot of us take new
> folks under wing as they arrive and give them inputs,
> support, and counsel.
>
> But having this information in some nifty format will
> avoid the need to replicate.  Having it up in some
> published place will mean that not one person will be
> responsible for disseminating the information.
>
> As to the newer folks, if you've not met Mr. Weeks,
> you should ([log in to unmask]).  He has a very
> colorful and creditworthy history and is a great
> person to know.  He's often swamped in his job, but he
> does take the time to take an interest in the up and
> coming.
>
>
>
>
> --- Tracie Evans <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Indigo-
> >
> > I would be glad to forward to you my list of job
> > research sites that I have
> > if you would like them.  I'm sure its not up to date
> > with some of the new
> > sites but it is based on where I searched in 1999 to
> > find a job when I came
> > out of Graduate School.  I would suggest that you
> > also include questions on
> > "How do I get started in museum work? or How to get
> > my foot in the door?"
> > and "Do I really need a Master's Degree? or "What
> > kind of degree should I
> > get? or What's the best University or Program"  I
> > notice that these come up
> > in one form or another about every couple of months
> > or so.  They also are
> > often the questions that get people sent to the
> > archives for the answer.
> > Oh, you might want a question like...."I know you
> > have probably discussed
> > this, but I didn't see it or hear it, can you help
> > me with...."  This should
> > direct them to using the archives to search for
> > answers.  I'm not sure if a
> > FAQ page will help but its definitely worth a shot.
> > I might get them past
> > that first question to more specific ones that will
> > lead to more discussion.
> >
> > Good Luck
> > Tracie
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Indigo Nights <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 5:09 PM
> > Subject: Oh, No, NOT AGAIN!
> >
> >
> > > Roy Hemmat (the wonderful webmaster of
> > > http://www.museumstuff.com ) and I have been doing
> > > some talking behind the scenes.  School has just
> > > started and/or is about to start and, as
> > experience
> > > has shown for some of us list old timers, it seems
> > the
> > > same questions get asked over and over and over
> > again
> > > when the new kids arrive.
> > >
> > > The archives are too thick to read, and it seemed
> > to
> > > us that it would be a good idea to compile a
> > document
> > > that could be offered when one of the "Say the
> > Secret
> > > Word, Get the Exploding Cigar or Nifty FAQ"
> > > expressions comes springing forward.
> > >
> > > Roy has agreed to put the FAQ online if I will
> > > assemble the inputs.  Now that we've agreed to
> > that
> > > much, we need YOUR help.
> > >
> > > What are the questions that get asked time and
> > time
> > > again, and what are the answers (if there are
> > answers)
> > > to same?
> > >
> > > Obviously employment is one.  There are a number
> > of
> > > suggestions for that, and you can spring them up.
> > But
> > > it seems to me there are lots of others that we
> > see
> > > with great regularity.
> > >
> > > Ok, don't all of you answer at once.
> > >
> > > On your mark, get set, GO!!!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
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