The Event Horizon of Digital Skills and Museum Staff
Museum workers need comprehensive digital skills that are fairly and equally distributed. Will we end up with digital haves and have-nots in the museum?
Robert J Weisberg
Diversity in Museums: a Follow-Up
Are the privileged—including myself—ready to look in that mirror? My post last week on diversity got a lot of positive responses, but I'm more grateful for the ones which pointed out mistakes and implications in what I wrote.
What We in Museums Talk about When We Talk about Diversity
Are museums ready for what a real commitment to diversity will entail?
What We Talk about When We Talk about Silos
It turned out that our collective war on silos was a war on other people's silos.
Can Museums be "Developmental Organizations"?: An interview with Dara Blumenthal
Dara Blumenthal isn't just diagnosing process problems in today's workplaces. She discusses the very way in which people are viewed—and view themselves—at work and in society.
Text and the Future of Museum Content
Is anyone reading museum wall labels—and if so, retaining what they're reading—any more?
Just what are we trying to "disrupt" anyway?
So we're all supposed to disrupt something, that much is clear. Just what that thing is, isn't clear, but it's not supposed to matter. And what does this mean for museums?
How much organizational risk can a museum take?
We all want our museums to be more innovative, free-flowing, unstructured … right?
Can Medium be a message for museums?
Can cultural institutions afford the money and time to try to make long-form reading—on someone else's platform—work?
Discuss: Deep Learning, AI, and Museums (4/8/16)
The latest on Deep Learning, AI, and what it all means for museums.