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March 22, 2017 by Gary Price

New White Paper: “Collective Wisdom: An Exploration of Library, Archives and Museum Cultures”

March 22, 2017 by Gary Price

The following white paper was recently posted on the OCLC Research web site.
From the Release Announcement (via OCLC):

2017-03-22_20-18-02Collective Wisdom: An Exploration of Library, Archives and Museum Cultures was written by the participants in the Library, Archives and Museum Conference Exchange project, in which 18 librarians, archivists and museum professionals explored cross-sector practices and culture, and potential for interdisciplinary collaboration and continuing education.
This project was part of the grant-funded and OCLC-managed Coalition to Advance Learning.
The cohort was charged to 1) Build stronger cross-sector relationships; 2) Increase understanding of sector cultures; and 3) Identify opportunities for collaborative continuing education or professional development. The white paper summarizes their in-depth efforts in each of these three areas.
Report Highlights:

  • Participants identified concerns that cut across all three professions, which include preservation and conservation; diversity, equity and inclusion; employment and workplace practices; sustainability (financial and environmental); and the need to become better advocates for ourselves as individuals, institutions, sectors and collectively across these sectors in order to secure needed resources and articulate our public value.
  • Participants examined opportunities for cross-sector collaboration, including graduate programs in library and information science and museum studies and smaller shared interest groups organized regionally across sectors.
  • Recommendations, ideas and actions for LAM cross-sector connection are provided in Appendix A, in a format inspired by Nexus LAB’s recent “Layers of Leadership” framework.

Full Text White Paper
Collective Wisdom: An Exploration of Library, Archives and Museum Cultures
36 pages; PDF
Additional Resources
Executive Summary (3 pages; PDF)
Appendix A: Recommendations, Ideas and Actions for LAM Cross-Sector Connection
“In this appendix, the Collective Wisdom cohort offers several recommendations and suggestions to improve, innovate and direct the future of continuing education and professional development (CE/PD) across the national LAM sectors.”
Appendix B: Enhancing the Conference Experience – A Guide for Conference Organizers and Attendees
“This appendix serves as a guide to assist you and your organization with becoming an advocate for conferences, as a vehicle for working across sectors and building an empowered case for support for collaboration.”

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About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.

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