Apologies for cross-postings I'd like to submit a panel for consideration for the 2001 AAM Conference in St. Louis. Anybody interested in collaborating? My dissertation topic is a look at how to measure success in attaining a sense of community with non-museum-goers. I'm looking at a three-phase program presented collaboratively by groups of Chicago museums and measuring the psychological involvement and psychological sense of community in the child and adult participants (I'm thinking of using selected dimensions of Laurent & Kapferer's Involvement Profile scale, Chertok's Psychological Sense of Community scale and possibly Zaichowsky's Personal Involvement Inventory scale). Possible partners in this panel would be * Programs designed to diversify or develop audiences (successful or not) * Reviews of efforts to attract and/or hold new museum audiences * Use of validated psychological scales in measuring impact on visitors or program participants Interested? Have suggestions on other connections, or other contacts? Give me a call or an e-mail. The deadline is fast approaching! Thanks Linda Wilson Linda Wilson Visitor Studies and Evaluation Shedd Aquarium 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60605 PH (312) 692 3261 FAX (312) 939 8677 [log in to unmask] This is a personal message. The views expressed in this message are solely those of the sender and are not to be attributed to the owner of the sender's domain, the sender's employer or any other person. Any reproduction or distribution of this message without this disclaimer is prohibited. ========================================================= 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).