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Open Conversations: Public Learning in Libraries and Museums
David Carr
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Description for Open Conversations: Public Learning in Libraries and Museums
Paperback. Cultural institutions must reimagine their roles as education facilities for their communities and address the public need for conversations in safe and fair places, thereby renewing their essential place in democratic society. This book explains how. Num Pages: 175 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GL; GM; JMRL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
Cultural institutions must reimagine their roles as education facilities for their communities and address the public need for conversations in safe and fair places, thereby renewing their essential place in democratic society. This book explains how. Open Conversations: Public Learning in Libraries and Museums is a provocative book, one that is designed to offer courage to cultural institution administrators and staff even as it opens their eyes to the possibility that their facilities can offer more than they are. Rather than offering prescriptive answers, the author invites readers to consider museums and libraries in fresh ways. Author David ... Read more
Cultural institutions must reimagine their roles as education facilities for their communities and address the public need for conversations in safe and fair places, thereby renewing their essential place in democratic society. This book explains how. Open Conversations: Public Learning in Libraries and Museums is a provocative book, one that is designed to offer courage to cultural institution administrators and staff even as it opens their eyes to the possibility that their facilities can offer more than they are. Rather than offering prescriptive answers, the author invites readers to consider museums and libraries in fresh ways. Author David ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781591587712
SKU
V9781591587712
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Ref
99-5
About David Carr
David Carr, PhD, has observed cultural institutions for four decades and has assisted programs and professionals in an array of settings, such as the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, and the Queens Museum of Art.
Reviews for Open Conversations: Public Learning in Libraries and Museums
Carr's thoughts about libraries and museums in the cultural landscape will provide professionals a new way of viewing their institutions. This book will be useful in library school classroom discussions and by professionals who want to broaden the focus and direction of their institutions.
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