ICOM Committee for the Training of Personnel

ICTOP /   ICOM Survey 
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ICTOP, the International Committee for the Training of 
Personnel wishes to collaborate more widely within ICOM with 
National Committees, International Committees, Affiliated 
Organizations and other members for the purpose of making 
training opportunities available to museum workers to improve 
knowledge and skills related to museum work.
 
 

In view of the scarcity of staff training and professional 
development funds which the majority of us experience, 
collaborations and partnerships are important strategies for 
bringing our resources together to benefit as many people as 
possible.  With that in mind ICTOP wishes to explore the ICOM 
membership's perceptions of ICTOP=s role and their needs and 
expectations, for a mutually beneficial international 
approach to training.

 

Please contribute to the following questionnaire so that 
ICTOP may assist the ICOM community as effectively as 
possible.  It will take only a few minutes of your time.  We 
greatly appreciate your assistance - thank you.

 

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Please respond by Sept. 26.

 

(Please forgive duplicate messages you may receive because 
you are on more than one list serv.)

 

Purpose:

 

To survey ICOM national and international committees and 
affiliated organizations, and ICTOP Board and ICOM members 
with a view to exploring perceptions about the current and 
future role of ICTOP within the international museum community.

 

Objectives:

 

$                    To gather information and perceptions of 
ICTOP within ICTOP=s Board and members - what does it do and 
what should it do 

 

$                    To gather information and perceptions 
from other ICOM committees and bodies about what ICTOP is and 
should do, including ICOM individual members

 

$                    To compile the results of the surveys 
for information of participants and discussion of ICTOP=s 
role within ICOM and the international museum community 
during the ICTOP annual meeting in Paris in 2005. 

 

$                    To take the surveys and meeting 
discussions and adapt ICTOP=s planning to meet the needs 
revealed by the report and discussions.

 

$                    To determine what follow-up actions are 
required by ICTOP Board and members to further the mission of 
ICTOP within this context

 

$                    To identify other committees and 
organizations with a committed interest in training of museum 
workers and consider methods of collaboration and cooperation 
to work together. 

 

$                    To work towards planned priorities and 
objectives resulting from the project with a view to 
contributing significantly to the training and professional 
development of all museum workers.  

 

$                    To include consideration of further work 
to assess ICTOP=s role within the wider (non-ICOM) 
international museum community

 

(It is understood that this project is to obtain perceptions 
and ideas for guidance and discussion rather than to conduct 
a statistically reliable study.  At this stage, the survey is 
limited to ICOM members even though ICTOP is well aware that 
there are many organizations and individuals who are engaged 
in training and professional development of museum workers 
who are not ICOM or ICTOP members)

 

 

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INDIVIDUAL MEMBER QUESTIONNAIRE: - ICTOP-All, AFRICOM-L

ICOM-L, CAM and through Committees

 

 

How familiar are you with ICTOP?  Please mark any of the 
following which may apply:

-          am a member

-          know an ICTOP member

-          have attended ICTOP meeting(s)

-          have read and used ICTOP materials in the last 3 years

 

In your view what is the role of ICTOP?  How well does it 
carry out this role?  What do you think its role should be in 
the future?

 

 

 

 

 

How important is Training and Professional Development to you?

-          very important

-          important

-          average

-          not very 

-          not at all

 

 

What is the most recent training program in which you have 
participated?  Why did you select it?

 

 

 

What value is there for museum workers to gain qualifications 
through training?

 

 

If training improved your qualifications for museum work, 
what do you expect would be the results?

-          better salary

-          better working skills and capacities

-          professional satisfaction

-          better contribution to museum excellence

-          other?

 

 

 

What areas of training are most critical to you? Select 3 
from the list below

 

 

What areas of training are most important for ICTOP to focus 
on as an international committee of ICOM ?  Mark the 3 most 
important topics for ICTOP from this list.

 

$                    Museum theory

$                    Museum practice

$                    Museums and their place in societies and 
communities

$                    Intangible heritage

$                    International heritage issues and legalities

$                    Understanding of the full scope of 
culture, heritage (tangible and intangible) and diversity 
especially in relation to ICOM and UNESCO documents  

$                    Training and Professional Development 
theory and practice as related to museum work

$                    any other areas you would like to see addressed 

 

 

 

Museums and cultural institutions are expensive.  How does 
that affect the availability and importance of training in 
your view?  What ways can help to ease the burden of expenses 
on individuals and institutions?

 

 

 

 

What are the general training requirements for you to work in 
museums in your country?  What level of qualifications are 
required a) in terms of subject discipline? b) in terms of 
museological pre-entry education, knowledge and skills?  

 

 

How and where did you acquire your training?

 

 

 

 

What level of education and experience are required to 
prepare and deliver training and professional development 
opportunities to museum workers?

 

 

 

In which of the following items can ICTOP play a role in 
assisting you with your training needs?  Please mark any that apply.

 

1)      curricula guidelines (guide to competencies to be 
included in training BICTOP guidelines are already available 
on the website)

2)      identification and definition of competencies

3)      Atraining the trainers@ workshops and manuals

4)      organizing workshops / seminars in partnership with 
other committees

5)      competency and skill mapping for specific museum 
functional areas

6)      code of ethics for training of museum workers

7)      development, design and techniques for training activities

8)      guidelines for training and professional development 
providers to use learner needs, participation and expertise 
in program development and delivery

9)      information agency on training

10)  website information

11)  preparing training activities in functional areas in 
collaboration with other committees

12)  conducting training needs assessment

13)  exploring distance and internet-based learning and effectiveness

14)   other?

 

 

Please indicate 3 numbers you think would be good ideas for 
ICTOP to investigate further.

 

 

 

Do you use the ICTOP website?  What additional information 
would you like to find there?  

 

 

 

 

Any other comments you would like to make on ICTOP=s role or 
what ICTOP could undertake:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lois Irvine
Secretary, ICTOP
R.R. #1
DeWinton, Alberta
T0L 0X0
Canada
Tel / Fax:  1-403-938-3190
email:  [log in to unmask]

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