From:  Heleanor Feltham
To:  Glen Moore
Subject: Staff Names in Science Centres
Date: Tuesday 24 September 1996 9.17 am

Based on nomenclature at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum...
1.  Director
2.  Manager - Visitor Services
3.  Visitor Services Officer
4.  Bookings Officer
5.  Manager - Merchandising
6.  Exhibition Coordinator
7.  Volunteer Coordinator
8.  Education Officer - Programs
9.  Administrative Assistant
10. Publicity Officer or Manager - Marketing and PR (if responsible for
additional staff)
11. Education Officer - Astronomy

Heleanor Feltham
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From: daemon
To: MUSEUM-L
Subject: STAFF NAMES in SCIENCE CENTRES
Date: Tuesday, 24 September 1996 1:43AM

We will be restructuring our 'hands-on' science centre and wish to use names
for staff positions which will be consistent with other science centres and
museums. Hopefully people will be able to identify the following staff in
their own centres and suggest titles.

Please reply off list and I will post a summary when I have sufficient
replies.

1. Director

Other staff will have the following primary responsibilities - what should
they be called?

2. Supervision of the 'explainers', gift shop staff, reception staff during
school and public sessions.  Explainer training
3. As above but a more junior position and without the training role
4. Maintaining schedules and explainer rosters, taking school bookings,
shopping for consumables, stores delivery,
4. Overall responsibility for the gift shop i.e. policy, stock selection
5. Maintaining the exhibits, exhibit design, liaison with workshop staff
regarding exhibit repair
6. Coordinating a volunteer program i.e. recruitment, writing volunteer
newsletters, volunteer training
7. Designing demonstrations for schools, presenting demonstrations to
schools as an outreach activity
8. Typing, telephone reception, and everything else which could be described
as 'office duties'.
9. Writing and placing advertisements and other promotional activities.
10. Supervision of planetarium and public observatory, writing and preparing
planetarium shows, training of planetarium show presenters

Your suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Glen Moore
Director
Science Centre and Planetarium
Wollongong, Australia
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