DOCUMENT RESUME ED 457 802 HE 034 467 AUTHOR Kelly, Melanie, Ed. TITLE Managing University Museums. Education and Skills. INSTITUTION Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). ISBN ISBN-92-64-19524-6 PUB DATE 2001-00-00 NOTE 187p. AVAILABLE FROM Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2, rue Andre-Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France (paperback, $19; e-book, $15.20). Web site: http://www.SourceOECD.org. PUB TYPE Books (010) Collected Works General (020) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC08 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Administration; *Educational Finance; Financial Support; Higher Education; *Museums ABSTRACT The papers in this collection focus on the role of university museums and their organization, management, governance, and finance. The chapters in section 1,"Roles and Challenges," are: (1) "University Museums in the 21st Century--Opening Address" (Lyndel King); (2) "The Dual Role of University Museums: Its Influence on Management" (Vanessa Mack); and (3)"The Challenge of the University Museum" (Dominick Verschelde) .Section 2, "Raising Awareness and Working Together" contains: (4) "Collections in the United Kingdom" (Kate Arnold-Foster and Sophia Mirchandani); (5) "The Cinderella Collections: An Australian Fairy Story" (Don Yerbury); (6) "Managing the Visibility of University Museum Collections" (Peter Stanbury); (7) "A Regional System of University Museums" (Fausto Pugnaloni); and (8)"Uniting Forces: The European Network and National Collaborative Projects" (Steven W. G. de Clerq) .Section 3, "Parallels and Partnership with Private Business," contains: (9) "Strategic Planning and Action for Success in a University Museum of Natural History" (Peter B. Tirrell); (10) "A Public-oriented and Educational Museum" (Peter de Haan); and (11) "Funding and Public Access through Partnership with Business" (Ian Carradice) .The final section, "New Projects," contains: (12) "New University Museums: An Opportunity for a New Strategic Vision. The Brooking Collection, University of Greenwich" (Sue Millar); (13) "Public Understanding of Science: Universities and Science Centres" (Hannu S. Salmi);(14) "Funding and Museum Ownership" (Kati Heinamies);(15) "The Patras University Science and Technology Museum: Fulfilling the University Museum's Dual Role" (Penelope Theologi-Gouti); (16) "A New Museum of Electrical Technology in Pavia: A Public Museum in a University Campus" (Antonio Savini); (17) "New Horizons for the Crafts Study Centre Collection and Archive" (Barley Roscoe); and (18) "Conclusions" (Melanie Kelly).(Each chapter contains references.) (SLD) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. 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AVAILABLE BESTCOPY E 2 Managing University Museums OECDoe ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT Pursuant to Article 1 of the Convention signed in Paris on 14th December 1960, and which came into force on 30th September 1961, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shall promote policies designed: to achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising standard of living in Member countries, while maintaining financial stability, and thus to contribute to the development of the world economy; to contribute to sound economic expansion in Member as well as non-member countries in the process of economic development; and to contribute to the expansion of world trade on a multilateral, non-discriminatory basis in accordance with international obligations. The original Member countries of the OECD are Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States. The following countries became Members subsequently through accession at the dates indicated hereafter: Japan (28thApril1964),Finland(28th January1969), Australia (7th June 1971), New Zealand (29th May 1973), Mexico (I8th May 1994), the Czech Republic (21st December 1995), Hungary (7th May 1996), Poland (22nd November 1996), Korea (12th December 1996) and the Slovak Republic (14th December 2000). The Commission of the European Communities takes part in the work of the OECD (Article 13 of the OECD Convention). The Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) started in 1969 as an activity of the OECD's newly established Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI). In November 1972, the OECD Council decided that the Programme would operate as an independent decentralised project and authorised the Secretary-General to administer it. Responsibility for its supervision was assigned to a Directing Group of representatives of governments and institutions participating in the Programme. Since 1972, the Council has periodically extended this arrangement; the latest renewal now expires on 3Ist December 2001. The main objectives of the Programme are as follows: topromote,throughresearch,training andinformationexchange,greater professionalism in the management of institutions of higher education; and to facilitate a wider dissemination of practical management methods and approaches. THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED AND ARGUMENTS EMPLOYED IN THIS PUBLICATION ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE AUTHORS AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT THOSE OF THE OECD OR 4. OF THE NATIONAL OR LOCAL AUTHORITIES CONCERNED. 0 OECD 2001 Permission to reproduce a portion of this work for non-commercial purposes or classroom use should be obtained through the Centre francais d'exploitation du droit de copie (CFC), 20, rue des Grands-Augustins, 75006 Pads, France, tel. (33-1) 44 07 47 70, fax (33-1) 46 34 67 19, for every country except the United States. In the United States permission should be obtained through the Copyright Clearance Center, Customer Service, (508)750-8400, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923 USA, or CCC Online: www.copyright.com. All other applications for permission to reproduce or translate all or part of this book should be made to OECD Publications, 2, rue André-Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France. FOREWORD University museums are powerful resource centres for higher education institutions wishing to maximise the impact of their teaching and research and to reach new audiences in their region or beyond. They therefore have a unique, bridging role in the dissemination of knowledge and of the understanding of sciencebesides their primary roles as keepers of collections in various fields. University museums are, however, also facing challenges, many of which are connected with constraints that are affecting most other sectors of higher education. Their staff and leaders therefore, often with good reason, feel concerned that they are not prioritised as highly as they would have wished. This particularly regards financial resources and attention of university management to their needsin spite of innovative ways of communicating with new audiences and in spite of well preserved and well presented collections. University museums therefore need to be well aware of their different roles and of the challenges they face. They also must work together, develop partnerships and new projects. One important element in the mission of the OECD Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) is to assist institutions to meet their organisational objectives effectively. Therefore, the IMHE Directing Group decided to devote one of its seminarsin the series of "What worksBest practice" eventsto the management of university museums. This volume is a selection of the Paris seminar papers organized according to the main themes addressed.Itis published on the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD. CI OECD 2001 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction by Melanie Kelly, England 7 SECTION 1. ROLES AND CHALLENGES 1.1. University Museums in the 21' CenturyOpening Address by Lyndel King, United States 19 1.2. The Dual Role of University Museums: Its Influence on Management by Vanessa Mack, Australia 29 1.3. The Challenge of the University Museum by Dominick Verschelde, Belgium 37 SECTION 2. RAISING AWARENESS AND WORKING TOGETHER 2.1. Collections in the United Kingdom by Kate Arnold-Forster and Sophia Mirchandani, England 47 2.2. The Cinderella Collections: An Australian Fairy Story by Di Yerbury, Australia 55 2.3. Managing the Visibility of University Museum Collections by Peter Stanbury, Australia 69 2.4. A Regional System of University Museums by Fausto Pugnaloni, Italy 79 2.5. Uniting Forces: The European Network and National Collaborative Projects by Steven W.G. de Clercq, Netherlands 85 0 OECD 2001 5 `. 6 Managing University Museums SECTION 3. PARALLELS AND PARTNERSHIP WITH PRIVATE BUSINESS 3.1. Strategic Planning and Action for Success in a University Museum of Natural History by Peter B. Tirrell, United States 105 3.2. A Public-oriented and Educational Museum by Peter de Haan, Netherlands