Beth,
I occupy one of those positions to which you are referring. I am the
"Information Specialist" for the KSU Gardens, a horticultural display
facility as well as part of an established research institution in
plant sciences. While technically a botanical garden may not be
classified as a museum, our Visitor's Center is part of the historic
"Dairy Barn" which is the site of the "KSU Agricultural History
Museum". Eventually we will be integrated into that facility, since
our educational center will be located within the museum.
My position was "created" and is funded by grants. All of my work is
focused on obtaining funding: I write and design the Gardens
Newsletter with an eye toward informing and attracting possible
supporters (volunteers, members, foundations, etc.); I design
exhibits to honor the major donors of specific projects; I research
and prepare grant proposals.
If you would like to contact me outside the list regarding your
project, please feel free to do so.
GS
On 21 Feb 00, at 23:51, Elizabeth Watkins wrote:
> I am doing some research on museum job descriptions for a salary comparison
> study (museums and the for-profit sector) for the Association of Midwest
> Museums and am looking for suggestions of/from institutions that have
> recently created positions that may have been untypical in that institutions
> -- specifically, positions that have fairly direct comparisons to ones in
> the profit sector, such as marketing, PR, business development, brand
> positioning, etc. The thinking behind this question is that while we all
> know what curators and registrars do, for example, these positions are not
> as easily compared to different types of organizations (for profit or not).
> We're looking for descriptions of any positions that are 1) new to your
> organazation, particularly in response to pressures to drum up funds and
> develop relationships with the corporate world and 2) any jobs within the
> museum which have skill sets and responsibilities similar to those in the
> "outside world."
>
> Additionally, I seem to remember reading somewhere that AAM has a document
> listing different types of museum positions and standard job descriptions --
> is this available on the web anywhere?
>
> Thank you
> Beth Watkins
> Lake County (IL) Museum
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Gail Selfridge, Information Specialist
Kansas State University Gardens
2021 Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center
Manhattan, KS 66506-5506
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Tel: 785-532-3468 Fax:785-532-6949
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