Museums and the paradox of change : a case study in urgent adaptation
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1997
- Author
- Janes, Robert R.
- Publisher
- Calgary : Glenbow Museum
- Edition
- 2nd ed
- Call Number
- 05.5 J25m
- Author
- Janes, Robert R.
- Responsibility
- with Glenbow Museum
- Edition
- 2nd ed
- Publisher
- Calgary : Glenbow Museum
- Published Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- xxi, 279 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Museum Studies
- Museum
- Museums
- Abstract
- "Robert Janes is a leading voice in the changes taking place in Canada's cultural institutions. In this case study, he candidly discusses layoffs, union/management relations, and the urgency of sustainability. Contributions from Glenbow staff highlight the human side of change, and essays by Canadian and international museum directors present thoughtful perspectives."--Jacket
- Contents
- Glenbow : a case study in urgent adaptation ; Introduction -- Overview of change -- Creating a new form of organization -- Transforming Glebow : details and difficulties -- Toward a learning organization -- New ways of working -- Lessons we have learned ; Glenbow staff prespectives ; Critical commentary from the involved and the detached ; The Royal British Columbia Museum experience / Bill Barkley -- Comments from afar / Terrence Heath -- Exchanging experiences and prespectives / Emlyn H. Koster -- A Europaen perspective / Julian Spalding -- The McMichael experience / Barbara Tyler -- The Vancouver Museum experience / Wilma Wood ; Future considerations ; Introduction -- New directions -- Persistent paradoxes ; Between the past and the future ; Introduction -- Is it over yet? -- What's new at Glenbow? -- Museums and the civil society.
- ISBN
- 1895379075
- Accession Number
- 2024.47
- Call Number
- 05.5 J25m
- Collection
- Archives Library
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