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Hi all -
Does anyone know if there was a publication with the papers from
this? We are all struggling with the issues of responding quickly
and I for one would be very interested.
Thanks,
Beryl
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>Join Elaine Heumann Gurian, museum consultant, Margaret Engel,
>managing editor of the Newseum, and Emlyn Koster, president and CEO
>of Liberty Science Center, in a three-day facilitated workshop on
>TIMELINESS: A consideration of the role of museums in current
>issues, from April 3-5, 2003 at the University of Victoria in
>Victoria, British Columbia.
>
>This is a conversation / discussion /think tank among senior museum
>colleagues:
>* To explore the place of timeliness in museums, galleries and
>science centres,
>* To define what might be meant by the term, and
>* To suggest ways of disseminating this information so that it leads
>to further discussion, and if desired, policy and infrastructure
>change.
>
>Thursday, April 3: Timeliness in Context - A day of Definitions
>* An inquiry into how other industries use timeliness as a measure
>of excellence and why they might do so.
>* Closer examination of measures
>* Social response to external events
>* Topic response to external events
>* Explication of current event topics with longer time frame
>* Changing infrastructure and mission to current issues
>* What is not timely?
>* How do you gage audience frame of mind?
>
>Friday, April 4: Timeliness, the Practical Side
>* Examples of museums who have been timely
>* Identifying fundamental organizational changes involved in
>sustaining timely responses.
>* How to make timeliness and relevance possible.
>* Identifying the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
>associated with efforts to be timely
>* Defining critical success factors from other sectors
>* Analyzing the Implications for planning and management
>
>Saturday, April 5: Toward Timeliness
>* Is Timeliness appropriate for museums to be considering at all or
>is the central function of museums to be the preserver and
>illustrator of our past without regard to any current situation?
>* Are there some museum sectors/ disciplines for which timeliness is
>more central than other sectors?
>* Next steps
>
>Location: Dunsmuir Lodge, Victoria, British Columbia
>Fee: $495 (Canadian funds, non-credit only; includes daily
>refreshment breaks and lunch)
>Accommodation: from late evening of Thursday, April 2 to Sunday
>morning, April 6: CDN $485
>
>The Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of
>Victoria is pleased to offer Timeliness in partnership with the
>Museum Group <http://www.museumgroup.com/>
>
>To register please visit
><http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/courses/timeliness.cfm> or contact:
>
>Lisa Mort-Putland, Program Coordinator
>Cultural Resource Management Program
>Continuing Studies, University of Victoria
>PO Box 3030 STN CSC Victoria BC Canada V8W 3N6
>Tel: 250 721-6119 Fax: 250 721-8774
>Email: [log in to unmask]
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