Who's next? Research predicts museum leadership gap

A brief commentary from the Museum Association of New York (MANY) on the unprecedented gap posed by baby-boomer retirement. Based, in part, on MANY's white paper, “Who's Next? Questioning the Future of Museum Leadership in New York State,” this essay deals with questions of succession, leadership and general differences in New York's museum community.     

Museums and the shaping of contemporary artworks

In the museum context, curators and conservators often play a role in shaping the nature of contemporary artworks. Before, during and after the acquisition of an art object, curators and conservators engage in dialogue with the artist about how the object should be exhibited and conserved. As a part of this dialogue, the artist may express specifications for the display and conservation of the object, thereby fixing characteristics of the artwork that were previously left open. This process can make a significant difference to the visual appearance of the work, the nature of the audience's experience, and how the work should be interpreted. I present several case studies in which the nature of the artwork has been shaped by such dialogues, and discuss principles for resolving cases in which there is a conflict between instructions specified by the artist and those adopted by the museum.     

The Concept of Record in Interactive, Experiential and Dynamic Environments: the View of InterPARES*

This article presents the concept of electronic record as articulated by the first phase of the InterPARES (International research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems) Project (1999–2001) and discusses it in light of the findings of the second phase of the Project (2002–2006). While InterPARES 1 focused on records produced and/or maintained in databases and document management systems, InterPARES 2 examined records produced and/or maintained in interactive, experiential and dynamic environments. The authors describe the characteristics of these environments and of the entities found in them in the course of case studies conducted on systems used for carrying out artistic, scientific and e-government activities, and propose the new concept of record that InterPARES 2 is eleborating, which expands on that formulated by InterPARES 1.The authors would like to thank InterPARES 2 research assistant Randy Preston for his careful editing and constructive criticisms. Some of his suggestions have been incorporated in the text of this article.     

三线典藏制度与动态典藏管理模式

本文探讨了三线典藏制度在实际工作中的应用，提出了全新的动态典藏管理模式，并指出动态典藏管理模式是新形势下三线典藏制度的机制保障。     

数字资源整合检索协议研究

简要地论述了数字资源整合检索的必要性、模式、以及联接方式和联接方法，并详细地介绍了三种数字资源整合检索的协议：Z39．50、OAI、OpenuRL。     

规范职业行为，加强行业自律——学习《中国图书馆员职业道德准则(试行)》的体会

结合图书馆工作实践，浅谈学习《中国图书馆员职业道德准则(试行)》的体会，并对其提出修改建议。     

ISO9000：2000与图书馆质量管理的原则

应用ISO9000：2000的管理理念，对照质量管理标准中的相应条款，分析和阐述图书馆质量管理中应遵循的8项原则：以顾客(用户)为关注焦点；领导作用；全员参与；过程管理；系统管理；持续改进；基于事实的决策和与供方互利。在此基础上，就每项质量管理原则在图书馆中的实际应用提出相应的措施。     

中国藏医药系列数据库建设与发展

介绍中国藏医药系列数据库建设的背景、意义、内容和特色，概述在建库过程中应用西北民族大学中国民族信息技术研究院开发的同元藏文字处理软件的体会，并对该系列数据库的未来发展提出构想。     

从分类主题论文看图书馆学研究的方向与趋势--基于十种图书馆学核心期刊五年载文的分析

本文从分类主题入手 ,通过对《中国图书馆学报》等十种图书馆学核心期刊五年来的载文统计分析 ,探讨了图书馆学研究的主要方向 ,并预测其未来的发展趋势