LIS 5590: Museum Informatics

Week 01: Introduction

Session:

• Monday, August 25 (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. [RESERVE]
• The Course Syllabus, 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.
• Please note that readings listed below that are not available online can be found on the "Reserve Readings" page on the course Canvas site.

Assignments:

• None due this week.

Week 02: Labor Day

No Synchronous Session on Monday, September 1

Week 03: Museum Metadata, and Intro to Project 1: Omeka

Session:

• Monday, September 8

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. [RESERVE]
• 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]
• 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:

• Project 1 Prompt 1 due Sunday, September 14 (Post to Discussion on Canvas)

Week 04: Invisible Work and Evolving Roles

Session:

• Monday, September 15

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]
• 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. [RESERVE]
• 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]
• 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 21 (Post to Discussion on Canvas)

Week 05: Project 1 Workshop: Omeka

Session:

• Monday, September 22

Readings:

• None this week.

Assignments:

• None due this week.

Week 06: Institutional Knowledge and Increasing Demands

Session:

• Monday, September 29

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 5 (Submit Assignment to Canvas)

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

Session:

• Monday, October 6

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. [RESERVE]
• 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. [RESERVE]
• 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]

Assignments:

• Project 2 Prompt 1 due Sunday, October 12 (Post to Discussion on Canvas)

Week 08: Creative Innovation and Experimental Freedom

Session:

• Monday, October 13

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]

Assignments:

• Project 2 Prompt 2 due Sunday, October 19 (Post to Discussion on Canvas)

Week 09: Project 2 Workshop: CollectionSpace

Session:

• Monday, October 20

Readings:

• None this week.

Assignments:

• None due this week.

Week 10: Disruptive Technologies and Radical Change

Session:

• Monday, October 27

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]
• 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]

Assignments:

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

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

Session:

• Monday, November 3

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]
• 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. [RESERVE]

Assignments:

• Project 3 Prompt 1 due Sunday, November 9 (Post to Discussion on Canvas)

Week 12: Digital Leadership & Professional Communities

Session:

• Monday, November 10

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]
• 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://mw21.museweb.net/paper/from-the-server-room-to-the-board-room-a- decade-of-digital-transformation/ or [RESERVE]

Assignments:

• Project 3 Prompt 2 due Sunday, November 16 (Post to Discussion on Canvas)

Week 13: Project 3 Workshop: Crowdsourcing

Session:

• Monday, November 17

Readings:

• None this week.

Assignments:

• None due this week.

Week 14: Thanksgiving

No Synchronous Session on Monday, November 24

Week 15: Changing Mindsets and Inclusive Philosophies

Session:

• Monday, December 2

Readings:

• Janes, R.R. (2010). The Mindful Museum. Curator, 53(3), 325-338. doi:10.1111/j.2151-6952.2010.00032.x [FSU]
• Anderson, S. (2018). Visitor and audience research in museums. In Drotner, Dziekan, Parry, & Schroder (Eds.). The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Media and Communication. [RESERVE]
• Coleman, L. (2018). Why Do Museums Need Inclusion? Understanding and Implementing Inclusion in Museums. Rowman and Littlefield. [RESERVE]
• 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]

Assignments:

• Project 3 Records and Reflection due Sunday, December 7 (Submit Assignment to Canvas)