Museum Volunteers : Good Practice in the Management of Volunteers

Sinclair Goodlad

ISBN 10: 0415510473 / ISBN 13: 9780415510479

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd Nov 2011, 2011

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Neuware - This is a practical handbook on the use of volunteers as interpreters within museums. Drawing on examples of practice from the UK and North America, this book forms a resource on museum volunteerism.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Museum Volunteers : Good Practice in the Management of Volunteers
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Nov 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415510473
• ISBN 13: 9780415510479
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 242W x 175H x 8D millimeters 242 millimeters width by 175 millimeters height by 8 millimeters depth
• Weight: 286 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Sinclair Goodlad is Professor of Sociology of Higher Education at Imperial College and a leading expert on the use of volunteers within museums. Stephanie McIvor has worked as a manager in the Science Museum in London since 1991. In 1995 she launched the Museum's new volunteer programme.