Books & Publications
Gail Anderson has authored
and edited over 20 publications. Recent articles and reviews include:
- Gail Anderson is featured as a respondent in“Case Study: Looking
at the Big Picture” in Board
Member, Vol. 19. No. 3, May/June 2010 produced
by BoardSource.
- Author
of “A Perspective About Risk ” in The
Informal Learning Review,
No. 97, July – August 2009, published by Informal Learning
Experiences, Inc.
- Anderson's keynote
address for the Alberta
Museums Association was featured in Alberta
Museums Review : A Question of Leadership,
Volume 32, Issue 1, Fall 2007. Anderson's article, "Leadership:
The Most Essential Ingredient ," addresses a range
of leadership challenges for the field at large, museums, and
museum professionals including recommendations for the future.
Publications
in Development
-
 The
second edition of Reinventing the Museum: The
Evolving Conversation on the Paradigm Shift will
be published in February 2012. The
book offers 44 seminal articles representing the changing perspectives
about the role of museums in contempora ry times. The book includes
iconic pieces from the 20th century and presents the latest thinking
of the past decade.
- A
Museum Trustee Toolkit featuring numerous
practical tools for trustees is under development by Anderson
with assistance from Jeanette Woodburn, Development Director for
the Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco. The publication features
examples of forms and resources from numerous sources to create
a single reference for trustees in support of the ongoing demands
of governance in museums. The publisher and press dates are pending.
- Anderson
is currently working on another book, A Framework
for Revitalizing Museums with AltaMira Press. This
publication will feature an approach for assessing museum relevancy
and effectiveness illustrated by case studies of innovative strategies
implemented by contemporary museums.
Books
 Reinventing
the Museum: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Paradigm
Shift
Edited by Gail Anderson
AltaMira Press
This
reader brings together 35 seminal articles that reflect the unfolding
thinking on what it means to be a museum in today's world. The
book highlights pivotal articles from the 2 th century through
to the present in the introductory section. Contemporary
perspectives on the role of the public, public service, stewardship,
and leadership constitute the remaining sections. This reader
is designed to provide trustees, museum professionals and students
with access to some of the best thinking in the museum profession.
Click
here for the revised assessment tool featured in second edition
of Reinventing the Museum to be publised in
2011.
* If you have the
opportunity to use this tool at your institution, please let
us know.
paper | 402 pages |
2004
ISBN: 0-7591-0170-1
 Museum
Mission Statements: Building a Distinct Identity, 2nd Edition
Edited by Gail Anderson
American Association of Museums
A
well-crafted mission statement is one of the central management
tools for museums navigating the present into the future. Twenty
top museum professionals share their memorable experiences shaping
their institution's mission statement, and bring to life the principles
and techniques for attaining a mission statement that inspires
and energizes. This book provides step-by-step guidance in writing
or evaluating a museum mission statement and how to use it effectively.
Generously supplemented with 79 mission statements from a wide
variety of museums, the report is useful to any size or type museum.
Click
here to use the assessment tool featured in Museum Mission
Statements
paper | 137 pages |
1998
ISBN: 0-931201-41-1
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