LIS 5590: Museum Informatics

Week 01: Introduction

Session:

• Monday, August 24 (Mandatory First Day Attendance Policy)

Readings:

• Marty, P.F. (2010). Museum Informatics. In Bates, M.J. & Maack, M.N. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (pp. 3717-3725). 3rd Edition. New York: Taylor & Francis, Inc. [FSU Login]
• The Course Syllabus, Weekly Outline, and Assignment Descriptions. Please note that conduct of the course, including grading, will proceed the rest of the semester assuming you have carefully read, understand, and agree to adhere to all the requirements in all of these documents.
• Readings listed below represent a variety of opinions and conversations concerning the topics covered in this course, and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the instructor. This class welcomes the open discussion and questioning of all ideas.

Assignments:

• None due this week.

Week 02: Museum Metadata, and Intro to Project 1: Omeka

Session:

• Monday, August 31

Readings:

• Baca, M., Coburn, E., and Hubbard, S. (2008). Metadata and Museum Information. In Marty, P.F. & Jones, K.B. (Eds.), Museum Informatics: People, Information, and Technology in Museums (pp. 107-127). New York: Routledge. [FSU Login]
• Zoller, G. and DeMarsh, K. (2013). For the Record: Museum Cataloging from a Library and Information Science Perspective. Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America, 32 (1), 54-70. doi:10.1086/669989 [FSU Login]
• Navarrete, T., and Owen, J.M. (2016). The Museum as Information Space: Metadata and Documentation. In Borowiecki, et al. (Eds.). Cultural Heritage in a Changing World (pp.111-123). https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-29544-2_7

Assignments:

• None due this week.

Week 03: Labor Day

Session:

• No Synchronous Session on Monday, September 7

Readings:

• None this week.

Assignments:

• Project 1 Prompt 1 due Sunday, September 13 (Post to Discussion on Canvas)

Week 04: Invisible Work and Evolving Roles

Session:

• Monday, September 14

Readings:

• Marty, P.F. (2007). The Changing Nature of Information Work in Museums. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58(1), 97-107. doi:10.1002/asi.20443 [FSU Login]
• Zorich, D. (2008). Information Policy in Museums. In Marty, P.F. & Jones, K.B. (Eds.), Museum Informatics: People, Information, and Technology in Museums (pp. 85-106). New York: Routledge. [FSU Login]
• Parry, R. (2013). The End of the Beginning: Normativity in the Postdigital Museum. Museum Worlds: Advances in Research, 1, 24-39. doi:10.3167/armw.2013.010103. [FSU Login]
• Dodge, Ryan. 2016. “Technology: Are Museums Keeping Pace?” MUSE: The Voice of Canada’s Museum Community 35 (1): 40-45. https://medium.com/rom-web-team/technology-are-museums-keeping-pace-94d209d10621

Assignments:

• Project 1 Prompt 2 due Sunday, September 20 (Post to Discussion on Canvas)

Week 05: Project 1 Workshop: Omeka

Session:

• Monday, September 21

Readings:

• None this week.

Assignments:

• None due this week.

Week 06: Institutional Knowledge and Increasing Demands

Session:

• Monday, September 28

Readings:

• Hamma, K. (2005). Public Domain Art in an Age of Easier Mechanical Reproducibility. D-Lib Magazine, 11(11). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november05/hamma/11hamma.html
• Paterson, Lucie. 2017. “Transforming a Museum through Product Management.” In Museums and the Web 2017, edited by Nancy Proctor and Rich Cherry. Silver Spring, MD: Museums and the Web. https://mw17.mwconf.org/paper/transforming-a-museum-through-product-management/
• Giannini, T. and Bowen, J.P. (2018). Of Museums and Digital Culture: A landscape view. Proceedings of EVA London 2018. https://www.scienceopen.com/document_file/7f5ba8e1-0972-4352-9244-3ca9487c1bba/ScienceOpen/172_Giannini.pdf
• Parry, Ross, Doris Ruth Eikhof, Sally-Anne Barnes, and Erika Kispeter. 2018. “Development, Supply, Deployment, Demand: Balancing the Museum Digital Skills Ecosystem: First Findings of the One by One National Digital Literacy Project.” In Museums and the Web 2018, edited by Nancy Proctor and Rich Cherry. Silver Spring, MD: Museums and the Web. https://mw18.mwconf.org/paper/development-supply-deployment-demand-balancing-the-museum-digital-skills-ecosystem-first-findings-of-the-one-by-one-national-digital-literacy-project/

Assignments:

• Project 1 Records and Reflection due Sunday, October 4 (Submit Assignment to Canvas)

Week 07: Collections Management, and Intro to Project 2: CollectionSpace

Session:

• Monday, October 5

Readings:

• Bearman, D. (2008). Representing Museum Knowledge. In Marty, P.F. & Jones, K.B. (Eds.), Museum Informatics: People, Information, and Technology in Museums (pp. 35-57). New York: Routledge. [FSU Login]
• Misunas, M. (2010). Collection Management in Museums. In Bates, M.J. & Maack, M.N. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (pp. 1124-1134). 3rd Edition. New York: Taylor & Francis, Inc. [FSU Login]
• Coburn, E., et al. (2010). The Cataloging Cultural Objects experience: Codifying practice for the cultural heritage community. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, 36 (1): 16–29. doi:10.1177/0340035209359561 [FSU Login]

Assignments:

• Project 2 Prompt 1 due Sunday, October 11 (Post to Discussion on Canvas)

Week 08: Creative Innovation and Experimental Freedom

Session:

• Monday, October 12

Readings:

• Filippini-Fantoni, S., & Bowen, J. (2007). Bookmarking in Museums: Extending the Museum Experience Beyond the Visit? In Trant, J. and Bearman, D. (Eds.). Museums and the Web 2007. Toronto: Archives & Museum Informatics. http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/papers/filippini-fantoni/filippini-fantoni.html
• Proctor, N. (2010). The Museum is Mobile: Cross-platform Content Design for Audiences on the Go. In Trant, J. and Bearman, D. (Eds). Museums and the Web 2010. Toronto: Archives & Museum Informatics. http://www.archimuse.com/mw2010/papers/proctor/proctor.html
• Alexander, Jane, Jake Barton, and Caroline Goeser. 2013. “Transforming the Art Museum Experience: Gallery One.” In Museums and the Web 2013, edited by Nancy Proctor and Rich Cherry. Silver Spring, MD: Museums and the Web. https://mw2013.museumsandtheweb.com/paper/transforming-the-art-museum-experience-gallery-one-2/
• Chan, Seb, and Aaron Cope. 2015. “Strategies against Architecture: Interactive Media and Transformative Technology at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.” Curator: The Museum Journal 58 (3): 352-368. [FSU Login]

Assignments:

• Project 2 Prompt 2 due Sunday, October 18 (Post to Discussion on Canvas)

Week 09: Project 2 Workshop: CollectionSpace

Session:

• Monday, October 19

Readings:

• None this week.

Assignments:

• None due this week.

Week 10: Disruptive Technologies and Radical Change

Session:

• Monday, October 26

Readings:

• Barry A. (2006). Creating a Virtuous Circle between a Museum's On-line and Physical Spaces. In Trant, J. and Bearman, D. (Eds.). Museums and the Web 2006. Toronto: Archives & Museum Informatics. http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/papers/barry/barry.html
• Wyman, Bruce, Susan Chun, and Jennifer Trant. 2006. “Steve.museum: An Ongoing Experiment in Social Tagging, Folksonomy, and Museums.” In Museums and the Web 2006, edited by Jennifer Trant and David Bearman. Toronto: Archives & Museum Informatics. http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/papers/wyman/wyman.html
• Marty, P.F. (2007). Museum Websites and Museum Visitors: Before and After the Museum Visit. Museum Management and Curatorship 22(4), 337-360. doi:10.1080/09647770701757708 [FSU Login]
• Peacock, D. (2008). Making Ways for Change: Museums, Disruptive Technologies, and Organizational Change. Museum Management and Curatorship, 23(4), 333-351. doi:10.1080/09647770802517324 [FSU Login]

Assignments:

• Project 2 Records and Reflection due Sunday, November 1 (Submit Assignment to Canvas)

Week 11: Co-Creating Knowledge, and Intro to Project 3: Crowdsourcing

Session:

• Monday, November 2

Readings:

• Simon, N. (2010). The Participatory Museum, Chapter 8: Co-Creating with Visitors. http://www.participatorymuseum.org/chapter8/
• Terras, M. (2011). The Digital Wunderkammer: Flickr as a Platform for Amateur Cultural and Heritage Content. Library Trends, 59(4), 686-706. doi:10.1353/lib.2011.0022 [FSU Login]
• Lascarides, M. and Vershbow, B. (2014). What's on the Menu? Crowdsourcing at the New York Public Library. In Ridge, M. (Ed.) Crowdsourcing our Cultural Heritage (pp. 113-137). London: Taylor & Francis, Inc. [FSU Login]

Assignments:

• Project 3 Prompt 1 due Sunday, November 8 (Post to Discussion on Canvas)

Week 12: Digital Leadership & Professional Communities

Session:

• Monday, November 9

Readings:

• Marty, Paul F., Barbara J. Soren, and Jackie Armstrong. 2013. “Building Community among Museum Information Professionals: The 2011 MCN Community Survey.” Museum Management and Curatorship 28 (4): 394-412. [FSU Login]
• Stein, R. (2017). Museums and Digital Strategy Today. American Alliance of Museums. https://www.aam-us.org/2017/07/10/museums-and-digital-strategy-today/
• Knight Foundation. (2020). Digital readiness and innovation in museums: A baseline national survey. https://knightfoundation.org/reports/digital-readiness-and-innovation-in-museums/
• Alexander, Jane, Anna Faxon, and Haley Kedziora. 2021. “From the Server Room to the Board Room: A Decade of Digital Transformation.” In Museums and the Web 2021, edited by Nancy Proctor and Rich Cherry. Silver Spring, MD: Museums and the Web. https://www.clevelandart.org/articles/server-room-board-room-decade-digital-transformation

Assignments:

• Project 3 Prompt 2 due Sunday, November 15 (Post to Discussion on Canvas)

Week 13: Project 3 Workshop: Crowdsourcing

Session:

• Monday, November 16

Readings:

• None this week.

Assignments:

• None due this week.

Week 14: Changing Mindsets and Inclusive Philosophies

Session:

• Monday, November 23

Readings:

• Janes, R.R. (2010). The Mindful Museum. Curator, 53(3), 325-338. doi:10.1111/j.2151-6952.2010.00032.x [FSU Login]
• Anderson, S. (2018). Visitor and audience research in museums. In Drotner, Dziekan, Parry, & Schroder (Eds.). The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Media and Communication. [FSU Login]
• Coleman, L. (2018). Why Do Museums Need Inclusion? Understanding and Implementing Inclusion in Museums. Rowman and Littlefield. [FSU Login]
• Villaespesa, E. (2019). Museum Collections and Online Users: Development of a Segmentation Model for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Visitor Studies, 22(3): 233-252. [FSU Login]

Assignments:

• None due this week.

Week 15: Conclusions

Session:

• Monday, November 30

Readings:

• None this week.

Assignments:

• Project 3 Records and Reflection due Sunday, December 6 (Submit Assignment to Canvas)