Ingrid hi, could you give me an e-mail or web address for the "Museum
Documentation Association" please.
Thanks
Jennifer
Records Manager

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mason, Ingrid [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, 17 August 2000 13:00
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      information management - feedback - please
>
> Hi there:
>
> I'm interested in getting feedback from information professionals in the
> museum sector about how they feel they are faring with the new technology.
> I hope to present a paper at a conference next month about how museums
> are,
> or aren't, handling their information.  The abstract I have proposed and
> details are below, but I'd like to ask some basic questions.  I won't be
> publishing those answers, just using them as a resource to get a feel for
> how people are thinking and what they are experiencing.  I'd really
> appreciate your thoughts fairly swiftly and I'm more than happy to
> e-publish
> the paper once it's written for people to read if you're interested.
>
> Questions:
> 1. What sort of handle do you have on the new technology, i.e. collection
> systems and web interfaces.
> 2. Do you discuss the technology issues you face with other information
> professionals in your organisation?
> 3. What sort of formal/structural relationships do you have with other
> information professionals in your organisation?
>
> My answers fyi:
> 1. Continually struggling, continually learning, and need more technical
> training
> 2. Yes, more and more as we recognise the shared issues or benefit from
> each
> other's knowledge
> 3. I work within a division made up of IT, Library, Imaging, Records, and
> Website people, and have informal working relationships with curatorial,
> educational, archival, registration people
>
> Conference:
> Museums Documentation Association
>
> Provisional Title:
> Information management and the knowledge industries: museums, libraries
> and
> archives.
>
> Abstract:
> Museums are paying significant attention to their website images and
> offerings, libraries are channelling their energies into web based
> catalogues and the delivery of electronic information and archives are
> publishing their research guides and series databases on the web.  How are
> the different knowledge industries managing their information?  Where are
> they focussing their efforts and why?  Are museums really managing their
> information technology?  Are they racing to maintain their visitors'
> expectations and interest?  Are museum practices coping with the
> information
> deluge and the shift to electronic information keeping practices?  Are the
> slick and glossy museum websites and cutting edge interactives in museum
> exhibitions matched in their sophistication by the information management
> practices within the museums?
>
>
>
>
> Ingrid Mason
> Reference Librarian
> Powerhouse Museum Research Library
> P O Box K346, Haymarket, Sydney, NSW 1238
> Harwood Building, 84 Mary Ann Street, Ultimo, Sydney, NSW
> AUSTRALIA
> Tel: 61-2-9217 0258
> Fax: 61-2-9217 0433
> Em: [log in to unmask]
> Web: http://www.phm.gov.au
>
> ..knowledge, as opposed to information is more personal, less easy to pass
> around and requires understanding...
>
> Unless explicitly attributed, the opinions expressed in this email are
> those
> of the author only and do not represent the official view of the
> Powerhouse
> Museum or the New South Wales Government.
>
> =========================================================
> Important Subscriber Information:
>
> The Museum-L FAQ file is located at
> http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed
> information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail
> message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should
> read "help" (without the quotes).
>
> If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to
> [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read
> "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).

=========================================================
Important Subscriber Information:

The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes).

If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).