The Museum Manager's Compendium: 101 Essential Tools and Resources

The Museum Manager's Compendium: 101 Essential Tools and Resources helps you make and implement your decisions as a museum manager and strategic planner. This book's 101 sections present a treasure trove of definitions, diagrams, processes, choices, and worksheets, in major areas of museum management. Collectively, they reflect the literature and contributions of some of the field's best thinkers. The resources distill half a century of museum experience over hundreds of projects done by scores of talents and experts internationally for all types of museums. The Museum Manager's Compendium can be used as: -A frequent reference book to consult when facing decisions or planning for the future -A source of examples and templates of common museum reports -A source of answers and options for strategic planning questions -A crib book to extract text when drafting internal proposals and plans -A primer when welcoming new partners and Board members -A quick study and refresher of key aspects of museum practice -An orientation to new staff -A glossary for building shared definition among team members The Museum Manager's Compendium is for museum professionals--leaders, managers, coordinators, professional counsel, contractors, evaluators, supporters, and policy makers-- to use often. It is a must-own reference book for every museum professional responsible for decisions and implementation.

Author: John W. Jacobsen
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 09/30/2017
Pages: 356
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.35lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781442271371


Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2018

About the Author
John W. Jacobsen, president of White Oak Associates, Inc., has over four decades of international experience as a museum analyst, planner, and producer. He was also associate director of the Museum of Science in Boston. During that time, the Museum served 2.2 million visitors during a twelve-month period, an unsurpassed record. Before that management position and since then, Jacobsen and White Oak have led strategic planning and marketing initiatives for over one hundred museums through hundreds of commissions. Recent projects represent over a billion dollars of actual and anticipated investment in new and expanding museums internationally. White Oak's museum analysis and planning integrate impact and economic indicators with conceptual and creative planning.