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Below, you’ll find reviews and discussion of selected books from the HRC’s collection. Go to the entry for the title you want to borrow, click the link for “Borrow this Book, and send in the automated e-mail request that is generated.
Or, you can browse the entire HRC library collection (you’ll be taken to our library catalog on librarything.com) and e-mailing your request to the HRC.
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A good tour will be remembered for a long time. A bad tour will be remembered longer. Indeed, many museum visitors would rather grapple on their own with new information in a museum than succumb to the potential horrors of a guided tour. However, the elements that make up for a great tour are teachable skills, often common sense, and are all clearly explained in The Good Guide by Alison L. Grinder and E. Sue...
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Are your storage facilities clogged with unidentified or undocumented objects?In A Deaccession Reader, museum ethics and legal issues writer Stephen Weil argues that when carefully applied, deaccessioning can provide institutions with an important opportunity to chart institutional priorities, control expenses, renew collecting policies, and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of existing collections. Common reasons why objects should be considered for deaccession include:The object does not contribute to the institution's mission The object lacks authenticity or...
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The HRC thanks Tammi Flynn, Director of Marketing for the Florence Griswold Museum, in Old Lyme, CT, for volunteering to be a guest author for the following entry and for sharing her insight and experience with our readers.I was tired and overwhelmed reading the title.Reaching "buyers?" I wondered if it would be relevant for my organization.By the end, the sides of the book had over two dozen sticky notes reminding me of things to do...
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The HRC thanks Tammi Flynn, Director of Marketing for the Florence Griswold Museum, in Old Lyme, CT, for volunteering to be a guest author for the following entry and for sharing her insight and experience with our readers.People like to talk.People are already talking about you.Andy Sernovitz, in Word of Mouth Marketing, offers very clear and concise techniques to make these, and the many other principles he shares, work for you. Word of mouth marketing...
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A book about technology in museums for those of us who are not techies! The Digital Museum, edited by Herminia Din and Phyllis Hecht, is for anyone who cares about the future of museums and the impact of technology on our lives and institutions.The revolution in communications technology has created a landscape that was inconceivable a generation ago. How will the 21st-century museum respond?Twenty-five authors, leading thinkers in the fields of technology and museums, lead us...
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