Mario Rups <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> One of the ways in which libraries and musea are again alike is, I suspect,
> an ongoing debate on the role of non-professionals in the field.
>
Thought I'd chime in on this discussion. Here at NYU there is very
little support from the school or from other departments (ie: IFA,
Center for Digital Multimedia, Tisch School of the Arts) for the
Museum Studies Program. In fact, I constantly run into downright
hostility at the whole concept of museums and their, presumed,
elitism. There's not a great deal of support from the museum, either.
 
Seems an odd way to train professionals.
 
Robbin Murphy
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