Subject: Local History List Serve: Seeking comments on Small Museum Needs Summary Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 12:46:41 -0500 Message-ID: <B46BC0C8F6373F43B0A84089442FE921014D9836@MEWMAD1P0129.enterprise.wistate.us> From: "Seymour, Janet I - WHS" <Janet.Seymour@wisconsinhistory.org>
List Serve Members,
This is an opportunity to comment on a Small Museum Needs Survey
developed by the American Association for State and Local History.
If you would like to read and/or comment on the summary, follow the
directions below. If you have comments to share, you can send them
directly (e.g. not to the list serve) to: stacy.klingler@gmail.com
<mailto:stacy.klingler@gmail.com> .
Thanks,
Janet Seymour
WI Historical Society
Field Services Representative, Northern Region
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Opportunity to Comment: Small Museum Needs
The AASLH Small Museums Committee invites you to comment on the one-page
Small Museum Needs Assessment Executive Summary posted on the Small
Museums page of the AASLH website: www.aaslh.org/SmallMuseums.htm.
(Click on the link to the Small Museum Needs Assessment Executive
Summary in the box at the right of the page.)
AASLH formed the Small Museums Committee in 2005 to meet the specific
needs of the small museum, give the small museum a voice on the national
stage, and advocate for the professional development of the small
museum.
To that effect, the committee first focused on creating a meaningful
definition of small museums and soliciting annual conference sessions of
particular interest to small museums. The Committee is now working to
describe what those small museum top priority needs are and how museum
service organizations can meet them. Through roundtable discussions at
state, regional and national meetings, small museum staff shared their
needs with committee members over the past few years. The Needs Summary
reflects those issues and needs that came up over and over again in
these round tables.
We invite you to read and comment on the Needs Summary through July 1,
2008. Please send your comments to Stacy Klingler, SMC Member, at
stacy.klingler@gmail.com <mailto:stacy.klingler%40gmail.com> .
Once finalized the Committee will use the Needs Summary to provide
advice and direction for the development of programs and services that
benefit small museums within AASLH and beyond.
Please help us steer resources for museums to meet small museum needs.
Stacy Klingler
AASLH Small Museums Committee Member
Assistant Director, Local History Services
Indiana Historical Society
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