For
people on a tight budget (normal in the museum field) I usually recommend that
they first join their provincial museum association and receive that
association's magazines and/or newsletters. The next level I
usually suggest joining is the national i.e. Canadian Museums Association (CMA)
which publishes MUSE magazine. These associations will cover all of your issues
in general and will help to put you in touch with people who have similar
interests. Joining such groups helps you to see how big the forest is before you
get into discussions on the best ways to prune the trees (or whether to prune
them at all).
There
are many Special Interest Groups (SIG) within these organizations. For example
'Curators', 'Registrars' or 'Educators' and they tend to have their own meetings
at conferences, and sometimes regionally. Some also have their own
little newsletters. I would not be surprised to hear if some have their own
discussion lists on-line.
If you
have an area of special interest you could also join or subscribe to a
specialist association's journal.
Feel
free to contact me off-line if you needs addresses.
Colin Macgregor
Stevens,
Curator,
Burnaby Village Museum,
Burnaby, BC,
CANADA
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-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Adrienne
Roberts
Sent: March 14, 2000 05:17...
I would
like to subscribe to a museum journal/society but I'm not sure which
one. I can only do one as my funds are limited. I am a
Canadian ... My main interests are collections management,
curatorial work, and theoretical heritage issues, although I suspect that a more
general society would be more beneficial. Basically, I'm dropping my
membership in an archaeology society and hoping to move it over to a
museum-based group. ... Thanks
Adrienne
Roberts