Physical Description
xi, 196 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
The rise of American history museums / Edward P. Alexander
The director's mask / Harold K. Skramstad, Jr.
The director as intellectual leader and educator / Ellsworth H. Brown
The social responsibilities of history museum directors / Robert R. Macdonald
The director as initiator of professional standards and training / Daniel R. Porter
The director's role in collections development, management, and conservation / Lynne F. Poirier-Wilson
The director's role in exhibition and educational interpretation / Craig A. Gilborn
The director and the research function of historical institutions / Louis Leonard Tucker
The director as legal guardian / William T. Alderson.
The director as organizer and energizer for planning / Bryant F. Tolles, Jr.
The director as fund raiser, marketing agent, and cultivator of institutional support / Albert T. Klyberg
The diamond link : the director as internal communicator / Susan Stitt
The director as fiscal, facilities, and security manager / Crawford Lincoln
The director and the public sector / Martha Mitchell Bigelow
African American museums and the new century : challenges in leadership / Amina J. Dickerson
The multifaceted role of the small history museum director / Charles T. Lyle.
Other Authors/Editors
Tolles, Bryant Franklin, 1939-
Alexander, Edward P. (Edward Porter), 1907-2003.
ISBN
0942063112
9780942063110
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-196).
The rise of American history museums / Edward P. Alexander -- The director's mask / Harold K. Skramstad, Jr. -- The director as intellectual leader and educator / Ellsworth H. Brown -- The social responsibilities of history museum directors / Robert R. Macdonald -- The director as initiator of professional standards and training / Daniel R. Porter -- The director's role in collections development, management, and conservation / Lynne F. Poirier-Wilson -- The director's role in exhibition and educational interpretation / Craig A. Gilborn -- The director and the research function of historical institutions / Louis Leonard Tucker -- The director as legal guardian / William T. Alderson.
The director as organizer and energizer for planning / Bryant F. Tolles, Jr. -- The director as fund raiser, marketing agent, and cultivator of institutional support / Albert T. Klyberg -- The diamond link : the director as internal communicator / Susan Stitt -- The director as fiscal, facilities, and security manager / Crawford Lincoln -- The director and the public sector / Martha Mitchell Bigelow -- African American museums and the new century : challenges in leadership / Amina J. Dickerson -- The multifaceted role of the small history museum director / Charles T. Lyle.
