Browsing Proceedings 2002 by Title
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2003-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelReflections on leadership in university museums and non-university museums During my 18 years working in different museums in Sweden I had the opportunity to meet some enthusiastic and real good, networking museum leaders. They had all in common a desire to meet people from all levels of the ...
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2003-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelThe 'Dutch approach', or how to achieve a second life for abandoned geological collections The 'life-cycle' of geological collections from Dutch universities is described against the background of developments in education and research. The shift from the field to the laboratory in both education and research, ...
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2003-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelThe challenge: to convince potential funders and legislators of the value of research collections in a university museum One of the greatest challenges for university museums is to convince the public, the government, and private donors of the value of scientific collections. Too many visitors experience museum collections as simply vast ...
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2003-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelThe future of the university museums' system in Italy This paper discusses the recent developments of the Italian Network of University Museums, starting with the first results of the census and database of the existing structures and collections. Proposals for the gathering ...
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2003-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelThe plight of geological collections in the Australian tertiary education system A 1975 report identified the areas of geology and anthropology as being the two most likely to develop collections in Australian Universities. Since then Australia has seen a relative decline of the traditional resource-based ...
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2003-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelUniversity museums at the crossroads Higher education is under intense review in Australia. It is 'at the crossroads'. As the findings of the review are published, new opportunities are emerging for university museums to re-position themselves in the contemporary ...
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2003-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelUniversity museums: distinct sites of intersection for diverse communities In her article 'The Politics of exhibiting culture: Legacies and possibilities' Shelley Ruth Butler refers to "a problematic dichotomy that exists in museum literature between critical and optimistic perspectives on ...
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2003-01-01ZeitschriftenartikelWhat if we weren't here?