PLEASE NOTE: I have added an additional employment resource, fresh from the US Government's FirstGov site, at the very bottom of my sigfile. You will find many items there that could be of value to you. Pursuant to this weekend's dialogue, the following lists have just been created AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THIS LIST and are available for you to join at your discretion. Using the facility of Yahoogroups, you have the option of receiving individual emails, digest, or no mail, but web reading and posting privileges. You must, however, join to access any of the lists. Once the lists are up and smoothly running, I will be looking for a couple of assistant moderators for some (such that I don't have to be concerned with administrative tasks when I'm called away) and, in some instances, I may be looking to hand over the reigns completely. While some are created for my benefit, there are a number that are designed only to match a perceived list need. Except to have established them, at this writing, I have not provided content, but will do so as time permits. Do not feel you need to wait for me if you want to join and have something to post. Further, any list that has no members and no posting within 30 days may be deleted at my discretion. And, before you ask, I'm a woman. We are sometimes known for changing our minds. The lists follow: MuseAccess http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseAccess/ A forum for museums professionals to discuss access, inclusion, and accommodations for People with Disabilities. Included in this discussion will be ways to help keep your museum in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). MuseAdmin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseAdmin/ A forum for Executive Directors, HR Professionals, Development Staff, Volunteer Coordinators, Attorneys, and other Nontechnical (curatorial, archival, etc.) Staff to review the concerns of keeping a museum smoothly running. MuseAssociates http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseAssociates/ A place for docents, interns, and volunteers in museums, planetariums, zoos, aquariums, and botanical gardens to share their experiences and concerns. MuseConsult http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseConsult A place for museum consultants and those interested in securing their services to come together and exchange ideas. MuseDocs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseDocs/?yguid=32617823 A repository for documentation and other templates to be stored and shared between museums professionals and other staff. Unlike other museums fora in this series, this forum DOES allow for attachments, but those providing samples are asked to upload them to the Files section of our homepage, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseDocs Each lister is strongly urged to keep virus protections up to date, and there is no absolute warranty of protection against potential virii. It is, for this reason, most of all, you are asked to please use the Files option as your first choice when sharing data rather than run the chance that something which has infected you may be spread to others. When producing documents, please advise the group in which type of software it was created: Example MS Power Point 97, MS Access 2000, Adobe Photoshop 5.0, etc. MuseFunding http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseFunding/ A place where museums professionals, funders, and interested parties can update one another about sources of potential funding. MuseIT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseIT A place for IT professionals in the museum world to share ideas, equipment recommendations, software pointers and shortcuts, and other concerns in keeping museum programs, websites, and equipment running smoothly. MuseJobs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseJobs A place to post job announcements and share published job opportunities among those who have an interest in working in the museum community. Such postings may include jobs, volunteering, and internship oportunities since it has been repeatedly been communicated by professionals in the field that networking, volunteering, and internships are key steps to opening the door to the museum job of your dreams. Before asking the list to help you find a job, please read Deb Fuller's excellent primer on job searching found on the About.com Art History site http://arthistory.about.com/library/weekly/uc100301a.htm?terms=Jobs+in+Museums MuseNews-Art http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseNews-Art A place to stay abreast with current events in the museum art world MuseNews-General http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseNews-General An all-purpose forum to stay abreast with current events for museums who do not fall into the Art, History, or Science Classifications. Included in this category are zoos, aquariums, and botanical gardens, museums that recognize people and issues, and anything of interest in the museums world. MuseNews-History http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseNews-History A place to stay abreast with current events in the history museums world. MuseNews-Science http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseNews-Science A place to stay abreast with current events in the scientific museum community. Included in this classification are planetaria. MuseSmall http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseSmall A forum for those who are involved with small museums to exchange ideas, successes, frustrations, how to be creative with less, and much, much more. MuseStudies http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseStudies This is a safe haven for students considering a career in the museums field to come together and share their concerns. Among other things, here you can: o Compare notes o Swap, sell, or trade used textbooks o Discuss the best schools--and the worst--to help you in your goal. o Recommend the best electives to take and/or the teachers to take them from. o Address concerns that are unique to your educational pursuits. o Share sources of funding to help you pay for school. Professionalism is strongly encouraged, and flaming is absolutely forbidden! You may talk about issues, but not about each other, your professors, counselors, or museum contacts in a way that is either slanderous or liable. 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