Museum Colleagues,
> You've got a forum here, why not start here instead of waiting for the next
> VR SIG meeting?
Good point Bruce! I see I've been lax in relying on MCN-L as a forum for
expressing & discussing topics of concern to museum VR professionals.
Hopefully you all will forgive my oversight. Though I've been a museum
professional for many years my listserv focus has until recently been primarily
on VRA-l and ARLIS-l. Now I know what I've been missing and will try to get up
to speed.
A fellow MIA staffer Treden Wagoner, our Technology & Training Specialist (also
not a museum job on "the list") suggested it may be helpful for MCN to launch a
Museum Jobs wiki to which we could all be contributors of information regarding
our varied jobs and work responsibilities. Certainly a different variety of
source material than those cited by Jennifer and the forthcoming sources such
as the IMLS report per Diane Zorich and MCN efforts mentioned by Marla Misunas.
An interesting idea nevertheless.
Thanks all for this thoughtful discussion! It is actually a relief to know
that my job is amongst many "not on the list". I'm glad I piped up about it
too, if for no other reason than to shed light on the fact that the source
material purporting to be about museum professions and competencies has not
kept pace with the evolution of the professions themselves.
Heidi
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