Dear list and Ms. Simpson- What startling innovations are discussed in this book? Are they museum management issues? Eco-museum community involvement ideas? If answering this question, please put "innovations" in the subject line so that we can knowe not to delete before reading. Thanks. - Alice Gillette, CAPR Registrar, Tucson, AZ On Tue, 28 Nov 1995, Christina Simpson wrote: > I am posting the following on behalf of my Executive Director, Dr. Robert Jane s. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------- > > > **** A N N O U N C E M E N T **** > > ------------------------------------ > ------------ > > Museums are perhaps the last place one would look for radical organizational > thinking, but the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, under the > directorship of Robert R. Janes, is startling the cultural community with > its innovative and challenging new ways of doing business. A profile of > Glenbow's attempts at transformation has been captured in a new book: > "Museums and the Paradox of Change", by Glenbow Executive Director, Robert > R. Janes, recently published by Glenbow. > > Janes presents a detailed case study of Glenbow's change process, described > with sometimes startling candour. This case study is complemented by a > thoughtful essay by Michael Ames, Director of the University of British > Columbia's Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, Canada, as well as > contributions by six museum directors from Canada and Europe, who comment on > Glenbow's experience and offer their own insights. This publication is > unique in that ten Glenbow staff members, both current and former, also > offer perspectives on the "human side of change" and what the changes at > Glenbow have meant to them personally and professionally. > > This publication is available from: > > The Glenbow Shop > 130 - 9 th Avenue S.E. > Calgary, Alberta, Canada > T2G 0P3 > > Phone: (403)268-4119 > FAX: (403)262-4045 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------- > > You may also contact me if you would like more information. > > Thank you. > > Christina J. Simpson > Co-ordinator of Evaluation/Results Monitoring > Glenbow > > [log in to unmask] >