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Dear Mac,
I think this is a wonderful sugguest!
Elizabeth
On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Robert Mac West wrote:
> Let me suggest a somewhat different tack to this never-ending string. Perhaps
> the analysis should not be of who is either not being hired or having
> difficulty being hired but rather of who IS being hired - and people are being
> hired by museums. What talents, skills, experiences, expertises, etc. do they
> have? How might museum studies programs create more competitive candidates,
> if there are perceptible differences?
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> The museum industry of 1998 is measurably different from when I first
> encountered it in the early 60s. The progressive museums (the survivors) are
> hiring very different people from when I began. There seems to be a message
> there.
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> So, as a profession, let's not be training people to drive steam engines when
> jets are the preferred mode of transportation.
>
> Mac West
> Informal Science, Inc.
> Washington, DC
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