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Charlie, excellent idea:
In addition to your list, there are others with less direct but
equally important implications for the field at large. For instance,
one of the recurrent themes on this list is "How do we attract this or
that audience?" Hispanic families, teenagers, older adults, are but
a few examples. As one who has been consuming social science
literature as part of some online classes I've been taking, there is
rich information about multicultural perspectives just a few clicks
away.
On Feb 12, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Charlie Carlson wrote:
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> Hi All,
>
> I was thinking journals such as Science, Nature, PNAS, Physics
> Education, Chemistry Education, PLoS, an important one or two on
> climate and environmental research, and cognitive sciences, etc.
> While I view journals that directly market to museums and science
> centers as valuable as well, and important to the field, I was
> deeming the science that affects the public and society more broadly
> and that embraces STEM and biomedical research as the target for
> ASTC access. The journals I was thinking of have a direct
> relationship to scientists and areas of scientific study. Museum
> publications are undoubtedly of value but more specific relevant to
> exhibit techniques, visitor studies, effectiveness assessments,
> etc. What I'm going for is the science that informs the content of
> what we use in creating exhibitions and informing the public, and
> not so much the technique. I'm sure there's overlap––my suggestion
> is directed towards broad access to scientific discovery.
>
> Such a focus would make for a win win situation. The limited use of
> peer reviewed science journals by museum staff, might actually
> broaden the reach of the journals, attract some interest in them,
> and not negatively affect their readerships in a monetarily
> significant way. Access would further serve to broaden access to
> scientific information and discovery in the museum community.
>
> C
> On Feb 12, 2011, at 1:51 PM, Eric Siegel wrote:
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>> I hope you all know that back issues of the Exhibitionist are
>> available for free downloading at www.name-aam.org. There's some
>> real gold in those back issues.
>>
>> eric
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