Library-museum connections in community colleges: Innovations for lifelong learning

Community and Junior College Libraries

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 45-68

  Bell, Carmine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community college; Cultural heritage; Heritage; Library; Museum

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142783639     PISSN: 02763915     EISSN: 15452522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J107v11n04_07     Document Type: Article

References (74)

1. “College Mission Statement,” Pasco Hernando Community College 2002-03 Catalog and Student Handbook (New Port Richey, FL: Pasco Hernando Community College, 2002), 14.
2. American Association of Museums. Accreditation: General Program Information and Frequently Asked Questions. Accessed 11 March 2003. http://www.aam-us.org/ programs/accreditation/accredproginfo.cfm.
3. IMLS. Museum and Library Services Act of 1996. Accessed 20 March 2003. http://www.imls.gov/about/abt 1996.htm. (PDF format).
4. AAM “Information Center-What is a Museum?” Accessed 20 March 2003. http://www.aam-us.org/ infocenter/info01.htm.
5. American Association of Museums. “Information Center-What is a Museum?”Accessed 19 May 2002. http://www.aam-us.org/infocenter/info01.htm.
6. The International Council of Museums (ICOM) defines museum as follows: “A museum is a non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, and open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, material evidence of people and their environment.” Accessed 22 March 2003. http://icom.musuems/definition.html.
7. Florida Association of Museums. “Welcome to Florida’s Museums!” Accessed 22 March 2003. http://www.flamuseums.org/fam/flamuseums/.
8. “Museums Hoist Their New Colours.” UNESCO Courier, January 1999, 40-42.
9. Rpt. in SIRS Renaissance. Accessed 15 March 2003 from SIRS Renaissance via SIRS Knowledge Source. http://www.sirs.com.
10. UMAC, One of 28 International Committees of ICOM, is described by ICOM as “A forum for all those working in, or associated with, academic museums, galleries and collections.”
11. UMAC aims “to protect the heritage in the care of universities.” Accessed 15 March 2003. http://icom.museum/internationals.html#inizio.
12. Florida Library Association (FLA) 2002-2003 Sections and Interest Groups. Accessed 22 March 2003. http://www.flalib.org/library/fla/02-03sections.html.
13. Brevard Community College, Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory. Accessed 15 March 2003. http://www.brevard.cc.fl.us/~planet/. A virtual tour is available at the site, which is frequently updated to keep the list of shows current.
14. Broward Community College, Buehler Planetarium and Observatory. History. Accessed 15 March 2003. http://www.broward.cc.fl.us/central/buehler/index.html.
15. Pierre Fauchard Academy. “How the Academy Is Organized.” Accessed 11 March 2003. http://www.fauchard.org/inquiries/organization.htm. The Academy’s foundation funds scholarships for financially disadvantaged dental students and grants for dental services to the poor, continuing education, faculty development, and research.
16. Southeast Museum of Photography (SMP). Off the Press: Recontextualizing the Newspaper in Contemporary Art. Accessed 11 March 2003. http://go.dbcc.edu/SMP/off press.html.
17. SMP. Museum Mission Statement. Accessed 11 March 2003. http://www. smponline.org/pages/Aboutus.html. Teaching Resources, including study guides and curriculum materials, are available at the SMP Web site.
18. Housatonic Museum of Art (HMA). The HMA Collection. Accessed 10 March 2003. http://www.hctc.commnet.edu/artmuseum/index.html.Along with the Yale Center for British Art, the Yale University Art Gallery, and other prestigious institutions, the HMA is listed by the Connecticut Commission on the Arts in its Directory of Arts Resources, Art Museums, accessible at http://www.ctarts.org/ artrecmus.htm.
19. HMA. Educational Programs and Partnerships. Freedom: A History of US Photographs and Documents that Define American Freedom, 1776-1968. Accessed 10 March 2003. http://www.hctc.commnet.edu/artmuseum/index.html.
20. Mesalands Dinosaur Museum and Natural Science Laboratories. Accessed 11 March 2003. http://www.mesalands.edu/museum/museum.htm.
21. Mesalands Dinosaur Museum and Natural Science Laboratories. Accessed 11 March 2003. http://www.mesalands.edu/museum/museum.htm. The volunteer group Fossil Friends, created in 1997, strengthens ties between the college and the community and promotes local pride in the museum.
22. Honolulu Community College. Dinosaurs in Hawaii! Accessed 14 March 2003. http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/dinos/dinos.Lhtml.
23. Minnesota State University, Mankato E-Museum. Accessed 14 March 2003. http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/index/shtml. The Mankato State E-Museum home page shows “Today’s Date,” followed by past events of historical, artistic, and cultural significance that occurred on the same day, same month.
24. Douglas A. Butler, Associate Director, West Campus, Pasco Hernando Community College (PHCC) Library. Memorandum to author, “West Campus Museum History,” 6 March 2003.
25. Robert W. Judson Jr., President, PHCC. Internal Management Memorandum #1-16, Library Exhibit Policy, 1 July 2001.
26. West Campus Gallery Exhibit Programs, Winter and Spring 1982 through 2002-2003, furnished to author by Douglas A. Butler.
27. Douglas A. Butler, Memorandum to author, “West Campus Museum History,” 6 March 2003. Other valuable information on the PHCC West Campus Gallery came from the author’s interviews of Mr. Butler, 5 March 2003.
28. Robert W. Judson Jr., President of PHCC, 6 March 2003. Dr. Judson affirmed the vital role of the arts in community life and the important contribution of the PHCC Gallery in carrying out the college’s mission. He described plans to create an Arts Center in a West Campus classroom building scheduled for renovation in the near future.
29. St. Petersburg College (SPC). “Grand Opening, January 19-27, 2002,” brochure on the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art (LRMA), the Michael M. Bennett Library, and the Ellis Foundation Art Education Center. No date.
30. “Grand Opening” brochure. LRMA, Museum Galleries. Accessed 22 March 2003. http://www.spcollege.edu/central/museum/galleries.htm.
31. Elaine Angelou, LRMA Education Coordinator, interview by author, SPC, Tarpon Springs, FL, 13 March 2003.
32. Ms. Angelou provided the author with LRMA descriptive literature, including a copy of L’Artiste, a full-color magazine published by the museum and the college.
33. Allen Leepa., quoted in LRMA Inaugural Membership Application brochure. No date.
34. Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) Teaching Zoo. Zoo FAQs. Accessed 11 March 2003. http://inst.santafe.cc.fl.us/~zoo/zofaq.htm.
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38. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. s.v. “Peale, Charles Willson.” Accessed 6July 2002. http://search.eb.com/eb/article?eu=60342. Peale first opened a portrait gallery of Revolutionary War heroes in 1782 and in 1786 founded a museum “intended for the study of natural law and display of natural history and technological objects.” Known first as Peale’s Museum and later as the Philadelphia Museum, it fulfilled Peale’s goal of making large, diversified collections democratically accessible.
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42. Robert S. Martin, “The Federal Role in Developing Libraries in the United States: Opportunities for Collaboration,” Second China U.S. Conference on Libraries, Queens, NY, 12 August 2001. IMLS. Accessed 2 July 2002. http://www.imls.gov/scripts/text.cgi?/whatsnew/ current7sp081101.htm.
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48. David M. Levy, Scrolling Forward: Making Sense of Documents in the Digital Age (New York: Arcade, 2001). The theme of documents as talking things runs throughout the book.
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50. Robert S. Martin, “Blurring the Boundaries.” IMLS. Accessed 22 March 2003.
51. The Role of Libraries in Lifelong Learning,” Robert S. Martin says, “Lifelong learning is by its very nature learner-centered, personalized, inquiry-driven and activity-based.
52. Maria Puente, “Museums Exhibiting Blockbuster Expansions,” USA Today 19 June 2002, n.p. Rpt.
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59. Americans for the Arts. “Study Shows that the Nonprofit Arts Industry Generates $134 Billion in Economic Activity and $24 Billion in Tax Revenues in U.S.” Press release, 10 June 2002. Accessed 16 March 2003. http://www.artsusa.org/global/printpress. asp?id=59. The full text of the report based on the study is available at http://www. AmericansForThe Arts.org/EconomicImpact.
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61. Robert S. Martin, “The Federal Role in Developing Libraries in the United States: Opportunities for Collaboration”. IMLS. Accessed 2 July 2002. http://www. imls.gov/scripts/text.cgi?/whatsnew/current/sp081101.htm.
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63. IMLS: What’s New: Current News. “President Bush Requests $242,024,000 for Institute of Museum and Library Services, a 15 Percent Increase,” 3 February 2003. Accessed 12 March 2003. http://www.imls.gov/scripts/text.cgi?/whatsnew/curent/020303.htm.
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65. IMLS: What’s New: Archives: 2000. “IMLS Calls for National Leadership Grant Applications for Library-Museum Partnerships,” 12 February 2002.
66. Eastern Iowa Community College District. Accessed 11 March 2003. http://www.imls.gov/scripts/ text.cgi?/whatsnew/02archive/021202-1.htm.
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68. Interim Report No. 2 on this project, submitted to the IMLS in October 2002, indicates that work on module #1, “Life Forms and Habitat on the River,” is complete, and teachers in participating schools are pilot-testing the CD-ROM with their students. Work is underway on module #2, “The Impact of Man-made Structures on the River.”
69. Gary E. Olson, An Instructional Technologist for the Eastern Iowa Community College District and ATEEC (Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center), provided the author with Interim Report No. 2 via e-mail, 18 March 2003. Olson is the project’s “day-to-day manager.”
70. Dr. Kathleen McCook, Distinguished University Professor of Library and Information Science (LIS) at USF, Tampa, developed the graduate course “Libraries and Museums as Cultural Heritage Institutions,” and offered it online for the first time in Summer 2002. More than 40 students in Florida and other states enrolled. The course will be offered again in Summer 2003.
71. Kathleen McCook, “Libraries as Cultural Heritage Institutions Linking Lifelong Learners to the World,” Florida Libraries 45.1 (Spring 2002): 19-21.
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