Mario Rups <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > One of the ways in which libraries and musea are again alike is, I suspect, > an ongoing debate on the role of non-professionals in the field. > Thought I'd chime in on this discussion. Here at NYU there is very little support from the school or from other departments (ie: IFA, Center for Digital Multimedia, Tisch School of the Arts) for the Museum Studies Program. In fact, I constantly run into downright hostility at the whole concept of museums and their, presumed, elitism. There's not a great deal of support from the museum, either. Seems an odd way to train professionals. Robbin Murphy [log in to unmask]