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).