Institute Of Museum Research Articles

Public Libraries’ Data Privacy Policies: A Content and Cluster Analysis

ABSTRACT This study analyzes library policies pertaining to the preservation of privacy on public use computers. A random sample of 1000 public libraries, selected from an initial population of over 8000 listed in the Institution of Museum and Library Services’ Public Libraries Survey, was analyzed to identify 1) what percentage of these libraries has a publicly available policy for patron data privacy on public use computers? 2) what elements are included in these policies? 3) how are the policies communicated (are they available on the library’s website, or only in-person/by request)? 4) Are there common characteristics among the content of privacy policies used by different groups of libraries? A mixture of basic statistical findings and the results of a cluster analysis based on the text data within the privacy policies are provided. Informed by the findings of this analysis, guidance for the development of more detailed and agile public computer data policies is provided.

Breaking Down Barriers Through the Creation of an International Digital Library for Children

A research project, begun in the fall of 2002, expects to tap the potential of the Internet for breaking down barriers and building tolerance and understanding through access to exemplary children’s books from all over the world. The creation of the International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL) is the focus of a five-year project being conducted by the University of Maryland/College Park and the Internet Archive with funding from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). This paper describes the project, discusses initial research findings and outlines the direction of ongoing research.
 Jessica Anthony, and Brewster Kahle

The development of Cultural Tourism Route in 3 Southern Borders of Thailand to Support Muslim Travelers

The objectives of this study were to study 1. The needs of cultural tourism in 3 southern borders of Thailand 2. To create cultural tourism route in 3 southern borders of Thailand to support Muslim Indonesian Tourist 3. To evaluate Muslim Indonesian Tourist’s satisfaction of cultural tourism route in 3 southern borders of Thailand. Using Semi-structure interview a group of 6 people to find the need of traveling. Selected the cultural tourist attractions with the potential of Muslim Indonesian tourist’s need for establishing cultural tourism route in 3 southern borders of Thailand. Tourism activities on this route has been tested to analyze and evaluate the potential of the route. Measured tourists’ satisfaction by in-depth interview. The study result showed that most of Muslim Indonesian tourists wanted to visit 3 southern borders of Thailand for cultural reasons due to halal approachability, multi-cultural reasons, Culture and historical linked of their own and want to learn about Thai Muslim way of life. The formation of tourism route conducted by selecting cultural tourist attractions with the potential of Muslim Indonesian tourist’s need these include: religious place, ancient remains, local market, local museum and religious institution (Pondak). The evaluation of satisfaction showed that all 10 tourists satisfied with the route and suggested that primary facilities should be developed. Cultural tourism route should be systematically publicized. The result of this study will be the key information for all nations to use in their marketing to attract Muslim Indonesian and Muslim travelers around the world.

Museums of the Tyumen Region in a Digital Society

In recent decades, much attention has been paid to the study of leisure and analysis of the theory and practice of cultural and leisure activities of young people. This type of research contributes to improving the methodology of cultural and leisure activities in the youth environment. Interest in the problems of young people from the national philosophy, sociology, demography, psychology and pedagogy is constant and stable. Social and philosophical problems of young people as an important demographic group of society, aspects of their self-development and self-realization in the field of leisure have become the subject field of domestic and foreign scientists’ research. In any country, culture museum institutions are centers of selection, attribution, preservation and display of material and spiritual heritage. They are therefore immeasurably important for the of historical consciousness and formation of a nation’s moral and aesthetic positions. Complex social processes taking place in modern Russia actualize a number of problems for cultural institutions, including museums, aimed at the need to understand new realities. Changes taking place in the world increase the cultural and spatial diversity of modern society thanks to digital technologies, which requires a different view of the cultural heritage, as well as a re-evaluation of moral values and the search for new ideals. The research methodology is based on scientific papers related to the study of leisure as a social phenomenon, youth as a special socio-demographic group, and the museum as a specific socio-cultural institution. Theoretical and general logical methods were used in the research process: analysis, synthesis, classification, analogy, generalization, as well as empirical methods (document analysis, questionnaire survey). Various museum events of educational and educational orientation, held in institutions, contribute to improving the effectiveness of communication activities of museums. New methods of interaction with visitors, the use of modern digital technologies to form their diversity are being actively introduced into the activities of Russian museums. All this allows us to say that modern museums are at the stage of active modernization of techniques and methods for implementing social and cultural activities. The museum is interested in finding new forms, methods and methods of working with young people, children and adolescents, primarily related to personal development. In this regard, the Museum is an important institution for the socialization of the younger generation. In the conditions of digitalization, taking in new achievements of scientific and technical progress, being on the threshold of becoming a dynamically developing branch of science, art, business and culture in general, the museum becomes more flexible and mobile thanks to the use of information technologies. The fact that museums still serve as a place of leisure for a large number of people allows us to regularly conduct sociological research aimed at identifying the attitude of visitors, and, first of all, young people, on the problems of development and promotion of museums.
 Keywords: museums, leisure, tourism, youth, new forms of museum activity, digitalization

The hundredth edition of the volume «Church Archives, Libraries And Museums» published by The Institute Of Church Archives, Libraries And Museums Of The John Paul II Catholic University Of Lublin

The hundredth edition of the volume «Church Archives, Libraries And Museums» published by The Institute Of Church Archives, Libraries And Museums Of The John Paul II Catholic University Of Lublin

The Submerged Part of the Iceberg

"The Submerged Part of the Iceberg." Museum International, 73(1-2), p. iv Additional informationNotes on contributorsYaël KreplakYaël Kreplak is a sociologist and researcher associated with EHESS (CEMS) and the University of Paris (CERLIS). Based on ethnographies carried out in museum institutions, her research develops a pragmatic approach to art, attentive to the processes of publicising works and rooted in the description of concrete practices of exhibition, conservation, restoration, documentation and storage. She directs the project ‘Storage in Parisian museums: investigating the infrastructure of art and heritage conservation’, and is a laureate of the Émergence(s) programme of the City of Paris (2019-2022). She is currently writing a book on the conservation of contemporary art at the Centre Pompidou.François MairesseFrançois Mairesse is a museologist and professor of cultural economics who holds the UNESCO Chair on the study of museum diversity and its evolution, Museum Prospect, at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 (CERLIS, CNRS, labex ICCA). He also teaches museology at the École du Louvre. He previously directed the Musée royal de Mariemont in Belgium (from 2002 to 2010) and chaired the International Committee of Museology of ICOM (ICOFOM). He has published numerous articles and books in the fields of museology, cultural economics and cultural mediation.

Grants & Acquisitions

The University of North Carolina (UNC)-Chapel Hill has received a $320,777 grant to the University Libraries to help prepare the state’s future librarians and archivists to teach with primary source materials. The award comes from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. It will fund the Primary Sources Teaching Fellowship Program, based at the Wilson Special Collections Library. The grant will provide stipends to three cohorts of fellows—eight each in the summers of 2022, 2023, and 2024. They will come from the state’s five master’s degree programs in information and library science at Appalachian State University, North Carolina Central University, East Carolina University, UNC-Chapel Hill, and UNC-Greensboro. Students from groups underrepresented in the library and archival profession will be especially encouraged to apply. Fellows will take part in a structured online learning experience led by UNC-Chapel Hill librarians and archivists and a roster of guest speakers. Fellows will then spend three days in UNC-Chapel Hill for an onsite workshop where they can create and receive feedback on lesson plans built around materials from Wilson Library.

Grants & Acquisitions

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has given 78 awards totaling $22.7 million to support libraries across the country. The FY 2021 awards were made through National Leadership Grants for Libraries and the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. National Leadership Grants for Libraries support projects that address significant challenges and opportunities facing the library and archives fields and have the potential to advance theory and practice with new tools, research findings, models, services, practices, or alliances that will be widely used.

Museum – meeting points

The following article examines museums as meeting points, as open and inviting places for encounters and interactions, shaped by the presence of cultural assets, and thus offering not only physical-geographical but also temporal, emotional and mental spaces for diverse and complex exchange and reflection. These considerations build on the EU project REACH, which provided the opportunity to carry out extensive studies and activities on participatory initiatives in the field of cultural heritage. Cultural heritage institutions were an important pillar of this project and our contribution was focused in particular on museums. A short overview of our work and its guiding intellectual principles will be presented here together with the insights gained through our international workshop and during our survey. Even though the study included only a small sample, it could still highlight a very diverse range of activities and frameworks, and reveal the highly complex character of participatory activities, and of museums and their work. Furthermore, the societal relevance of historico-cultural collections and the multidimensional value of interaction could be underlined. By relating these findings to the current debate on the institution of museum, it has been possible to reflect on the changes that museums are undergoing as a result of the altering attitudes, knowledge, experiences, behaviour and expectations both among the public and within the institutions themselves. In addition, it was of special concern to accentuate the need of modified framework conditions and of multilateral commitments and responsibilities. With this article, I would like to contribute to the ongoing debate on the further development of museums and to promote a rather simple and open form of their understanding and development as meeting points.

Valorizing the Museum Education through Organizing and Doing Exhibitions for Students in Context of Interaction between Museum-Family-Community-Educational Institution

The article represents a theoretical study that reflects some conceptual aspects and emphasizes some visions of the research about organizing and displaying of museal exhibition, which focused on school-museum-family-community collaboration. In this study are represented the conditions, components, principles, and other aspects of organizing and showing of museum exhibitions, which focused on the museum education built in the context of school-museum-family-community collaboration. In the study are reflected the necessary conditions for organizing and conducting the museum exhibition, basic components of museum exhibition design, main types of organising and exposing a modern museum exhibition, the museum exhibitions are classified by the type of museum patrimony available. Also, are emphasized: The communicative properties of the museum artefact and principles of grouping of museum objects that constitute the museum exhibition, as well as their correlation to the criteria of learning classification; the rules of driving the perception of information as promoted by the adepts of Gestalt Theory; the pedagogic condition of conducting the education in the museum facilities. Meanwhile, are presented the applicative didactical forms and methods for conducting the activities within the Institutional Project “Creation of education partnership in promoting the museum national and universal heritage from the perspective of pupil’s and student’s museum education”, including a piece of our research with the subjects of the same project, conclusions, and recommendations. As a result of our research, we find that the museum institution in interoperability with school-family-community partnership offers theoretical and practical solutions for educating a harmoniously developed personality via knowledge of its authentic values, and the activity of museum education in our country has to be developed in the educational institutions as well as in the museums, involving the parents and the community.

XVI-wieczny dwór obronny w Zgłobniu i jego nowa funkcja – Regionalna Składnica Zabytków Archeologicznych jako nowy oddział Muzeum Okręgowego w Rzeszowie

XVI-wieczny dwór obronny w Zgłobniu i jego nowa funkcja – Regionalna Składnica Zabytków Archeologicznych jako nowy oddział Muzeum Okręgowego w Rzeszowie

Delatnost galerije Matice srpske u službi kulturne diplomatije

Within the framework of rich and diverse activities of museums, which include exhibitions, publishing, educational and conservation / restoration activities, a special place is given to international cooperation programs which, if well designed, can play an important role in the cultural diplomacy system of each country. In the process of transformation from a traditional to a modern museum of the 21st century, the Gallery of Matica Srpska has directed an important part of its activities towards international cooperation and thus cultural diplomacy. These activities are realized through hosting of exhibitions of foreign institutions, visiting exhibitions of the Gallery in European museums, organization of joint exhibitions with museums in the region, cooperation with foreign cultural centers and through protocol visits. Well-designed themes and programs that promote national art, connections with other cultures and the culture of other nations, museum activities - exhibitions and publications - become an important tool for better international relations and a foundation for active cooperation among museum institutions throughout Europe.

From the Social Museum to the Digital Social Museum

Main topic / subject: The goal of the article is to organize the conceptual evolution between the social museum and the digital social museum, a fundamental conceptual change that will imply a different form of management and that considers the latest technologies applied to the museum experience. Logical development of the subject: For the development of this conceptual proposal, the paper starts from a series of fundamental texts that describe the current situation of experience management in museums; it carries out a critical review of the concepts of the traditional museum and the social museum and with data and examples the paper proposes the use of the concept of the digital social museum. Author’s point of view and contributions: The article contributes to the definition of the digital social museum. It expands the concept of the social museum and gives a fundamental value to the impact of new technologies and social networks as an integral part of the museum experience and management. Implications and conclusions: Museum institutions should work in a much more inclusive and participatory manner, thus giving way to an evolution that begins in the early twentieth century and is called the social museum. New technologies offer great potential for the achievement of these goals of participation and dialogue, leading to a new concept of the digital social museum. Through this paper we reflect on how new technologies contribute to understand museum management under the principles of the digital social museum.

„Sbírka Waldes“ v letech 1946–1977. Cesta sbírkového fondu Waldesova muzea knoflíků a spínadel z pražských Vršovic do Muzea skla a bižuterie v Jablonci nad Nisou

The study captures the fate of the original collection of the Waldes Museum of Buttons and Fasteners between 1946 and 1977, in the period from its closure to full inclusion in the collection of the Museum of Glass and Jewelery in Jablonec nad Nisou. The Waldes Museum existed between 1916 and 1946 in Pražské Vršovice as a private museum institution founded by the industrialist and collector Jindřich Waldes as part of the company Waldes & Co. The text focuses on the fate of the part of the collection whic h has been managed by the Museum of Glass and Jewellery in Jablonec nad Nisou since 1973, and wh ich has been stored as a UPM deposit for a long time, especially at Jemniště Castle. The Museum of Glass a nd Jewellery has included in its collection the funds of many museum institutions and parts of private collections. This „Vršovice collection“ has a very complex destiny, which definitely deserves attention. The main goal of the study is to answer the question why this ensem ble became a part of the Jablonec Museum. Its second goal attempts to point out in this particula r case how difficult it was to deal meaningfully with confiscated collections. The study was created on the basis of an analysis of many archi val materials, selected articles in periodicals or promotional publications. The history of the above-mentioned ensemble for the period between 1946 and 1977 has not yet been elaborated.

Сохранение и использование археологического наследия в Западной Сибири

Archaeological sites are the only source of information on the preliterate period in the history. In West Siberia and further to the east of the Ural mountains written sources appear only after arrival of Russians at the end of the 26th century. Therefore, the value of archaeological materials in studying of pre-Russian Siberia cannot be overestimated. Therefore, the effective system of protection and using of archaeological heritage of natives of Siberia is necessary. The special federal law is directed on it. However, in practice of archeologists there are nuances which the legislation does not regulate. This situation is analyzed by the author of article. First of all, this is due to the fact that it is advisable to excavate archaeological sites in those regions that have been most developed. This is due to both the significance of the sites, its accessibility, and the cost of archaeological work. Hundreds of interesting objects have been excavated, but the materials of many are unpublished, which hinders the growth of the available source base. However, the obligation to introduce the materials into scientific circulation in a timely manner is not imposed on researchers. I particularly note the inattention to the publications of organizations that conduct rescue and new-build archaeological work. The second aspect is related to the increasing attention of Russian citizens to antiquities, which they often find during trips. It is impossible to say how many such finds are eventually lost. The situation could be corrected by the interaction of the sites protection bodies, museum institutions and citizens. However, it happens that it is easier for citizen to throw away a find than to carry it to a cultural institution. This situation requires a legislative solution. Keywords: archaeological heritage, research, using, preservation, source

МІНЦ-КАБІНЕТ УНІВЕРСИТЕТУ СВ. ВОЛОДИМИРА У ПЕРШІ РОКИ ІСНУВАННЯ. 1834–1842 рр.

The article is devoted to the first years of existence of the Mints cabinet of the University of St. Volodymyr. Kyiv University of St. Volodymyr was created by decree of Emperor Nicholas I on November 8th (20th) 1833. However, back in September 1833, the State Trustee of the Kyiv Educational District Egor Fedorovich von Bradke issued an order according to which all collections, including numismatic ones, from the Kremenets Lyceum and Vilnius University, closed after the Polish uprising of 1830–1831, should be moved to Kyiv. Actually, this date can be considered the beginning of the existence of the Mints cabinet of St. Volodymyr. In early 1834 M. Y. Yakubovych brought numismatic collection of Kremenets Lyceum from Vilnius to Kyiv. Since at that time Kyiv University did not have its own building, several private houses in Pechersk were rented for this work. M. Y. Yakubovych reported to the University Council that the Kremenets collection consists of 8636 of ancient coins and 9200 coins and medals of the new age. In January 1834, P. O. Yarkovsky was appointed to the post of chief librarian and curator of Mints cabinet. In 1834 he was sent on a business trip to Vilnius, where he had to accept the property and library of the University of Vilnius. In September 1835, along with the library and property, the numismatic collection of Vilnius University, consisting of 2783 coins, arrived in Kyiv. In the following years, the collections of of Theophilpolskyi nobility county school, Uman basilian county school, Lutsk gymnasium were also transferred to the Mints cabinet. In April 1835, the first addition in the «new» Kyiv collection was recorded. Among the donors – the first rector of the University M. O. Maksymovych, governor G. S. Loshkarev, amateur researcher of ancient Kyiv O. S. Anenkov, etc. By the end of 1836, the collection received more than 500 coins and medals. Since 1838, one of the important sources of replenishment of the numismatic collection were treasures, which, by order of Kyiv, Podolskyi, Volyn Governor-General began to come to the university for consideration. During the period from 1838 to 1842, about 20 treasures were examined in the Mints Cabinet. In the new university building, the Mints cabinet received room № 21 on the third floor for arranging the exposition and storing coins. In fact, the Mints cabinet became the first museum institution in Kyiv.

ПЕРЕМІЩЕННЯ ЗБІРОК МУЗЕЮ імені КНЯЗІВ ЛЮБОМИРСЬКИХ У 1940 році

Relevance and purpose. The purpose of the article is to include in the scientific circulation a collection of newly discovered acts and lists of individual collections of the Lubomirsky Museum, which since May 1940 have been submitted to the Lviv Museum Institutions. We believe that these documents deserve further scrutiny and will help identify individual exhibits in the collections of Lviv (and not only Lviv) museums, as well as help locate exhibits that are now considered lost. Research methodology. In order to achieve this, a descriptive method is generally employed. The historical source method and the comparative method were partly used. Historical principles are also especially emphasized. Keywords: Prince Lubomirsky Museum, Ossolineum, Lviv State Museum of History, Regional Art Gallery, Lviv State Art Gallery, Lviv Museum of Art Crafts, Lviv State Ethnographic Museum, collections, exhibits, archeological finds, archeological sites, paintings, carvings, orders, cameos, medallions, watches, furniture, collection weapons.

ОТКРЫТЫЕ ФОНДЫ КАК СПОСОБ АКТУАЛИЗАЦИИ МУЗЕЙНЫХ СОБРАНИЙ

Drawing on the example of the work of biggest museum institutions of the today’s Russia, the author of the article describes peculiarities of open keeping of museum stock, interprets actual trend of development of Russian museum sector that lies in reverse a prohibition on open showing of most valuable part of museum items and collections. It is noticed that while maintaining keeping conditions and instrumentation of museum depository with engineering and technical means and systems, long-term safety of the most valuable museum items is beyond danger.

ІСТОРИКО-КУЛЬТУРНИЙ ПОТЕНЦІАЛ МУЗЕЙНОЇ МЕРЕЖІ У РОЗВИТКУ ТУРИСТИЧНО-РЕКРЕАЦІЙНОГО КОМПЛЕКСУ ВОЛИНСЬКОЇ ОБЛАСТІ

The purpose of the article is to clarify the historical and cultural potential of museum institutions in Lutsk and oblast and the possibility of their use for educational and scientific programs, development of cultural and cognitive tourism, establishing their importance for preservation, study, exhibition, promotion of material and spiritual heritage – primary sources related to the development of nature and population of the oblast. Disclosure of the content of museum institutions as a socio-cultural phenomenon, an effective form of knowledge of the past and present, and their promotion as a kind of business card of the Volyn Oblast: complexes of monuments of national and local importance – historical and cultural reserves “Old Lutsk’, “Ancient Volodymyr”; the only institution in Ukraine that represents the original regional school of Volyn icon painting – the Museum of the Volyn Icon, which exhibits a shrine with a thousand-year history Kholm Miraculous Icon of the Mother of God; the first museum in Ukraine dedicated to a separate fraternal association of the XVII century – Museum of the History of the Lutsk Brotherhood; memorial museums of prominent cultural and scientific figures who lived and worked in Volyn: writer Lesya Ukrainka, public and political figure Viacheslav Lypynskyi, composer, conductor and pianist Ihor Stravinskyi, Ukrainian mathematician Mykhailo Kravchuk, and many others. Method. The following research methods are used in the work: system approach, comparative-geographical analysis – to establish the peculiarities of the territorial organization of the museum network of the blast and the oblast center, historical – to study the history of museum institutions of the oblast and cartographic modelling. Results. The potential opportunities of museum institutions of the Volyn Oblast to optimize the functioning of the tourist and recreational complex of the oblast, providing educational, cognitive, cultural, and informative requests of residents of the oblast and its visitors. Maps of the network of museums of the oblast center and oblast itself have been developed, indicating their profile depending on the content of funds, public purpose, and purpose of the activity. The state of the introduction of modern information technologies and marketing principles in the activity of museum institutions of the oblast is established. The expediency of active involvement of museum institutions in tourist routes of oblast, regional and national importance in order to promote existing museum values, improve the financial situation of museums and unite territorial communities within which they are located, creating conditions for greater involvement of residents in the restoration and protection of its cultural and historical environment. The scientific novelty of the study is that a comprehensive description of the existing museum networks of the oblast and the oblast center, identified the level of implementation of modern information technology for regular communication with potential audiences, clarified the level of involvement of museum institutions in existing tourist routes and analyzed potential opportunities for development. cultural and cognitive tourism, the schemes of the spatial arrangement of museum establishments of the oblast developed by the authors, are given. Practical significance. The results of the study can be used to justify programs for the development of tourism and recreation at the oblast level, oblast center, united territorial communities, and educational institutions in the teaching of disciplines related to excursions, tourism and recreational activities.

Краеведческие экспедиции Павлодарского Дома географии в 2021 году

Preservation of historical memory and materials representing the historical and cultural heritage of small settlements is an important task of state museum institutions. Along with this, in the Pavlodar region of the Republic of Kazakhstan, members of the public association “Pavlodar House of Geography” are engaged in such work. During summer expedition trips to the villages of the region, they collected significant audio-video materials on the history of families, labor collectives, and settlements. The exhibits were received that replenished the funds of the public museum of the Pavlodar House of Geography.