Museum Volunteers - Good Practice in the Management of Volunteers

List of contents

1 Making knowledge accessible 2 The functions of museums and the role of volunteers 3 The development of student tutoring as a form of volunteering 4 Case studies of five exemplary programmes in Canada and the USA 5 Pilot volunteer programmes in the Science Museum (London)6 Some principles of good practice in, and working documents for, the management of museum interpretation by volunteers

Summary

Museum Volunteers is a practical handbook on the use of volunteers as interpreters within museums. Drawing on key examples of outstanding practice from the UK and North America, this book forms a unique resource on volunteerism.
This book:
* reviews research on the changing priorities of museums
* examines a form of volunteering that has provided benefits to all participants in an activity similar to museum interpretation - student tutoring
* describes and analyses the strengths of five exceptional volunteer programmes in Canada and the USA
* reports the finding of five volunteer programmes set up and managed by the authors in the Science Museum, London
* examines the development process of the pilot studies and the consequent establishment of a permanent volunteer programme in the Science Museum, London
* discusses the mutual benefits that volunteer programmes can bring to museums and volunteers
* offers suggestions on the practical day-to-day management and administration of volunteers.
This book is essential reading for anyone involved with the management and administration of a museum, or, is thinking of offering their services to a museum as a volunteer.

Product details

• Authors: Sinclair Goodlad, Goodlad Sinclair, Stephanie McIvor, McIvor Stephanie
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.06.1998
• EAN: 9780415182096
• ISBN: 978-0-415-18209-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 174 mm x 246 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 430 g
• Series: Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Museum Administration & Museology, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc