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Sabotage and Citizen Science

John Ross, ‘Crowd research projects inevitably attract sabotage, and managers should judge whether to use citizen science on a case-by-case basis’ The Australian, 10 September 2014 These are the conclusions of a “first principles economic analysis”, which has found that every crowd-sourced project can expect at least one malicious attack. The findings, published in the […]

Collection Manager, Foreign Ethnology – SA Museum

The South Australian Museum is seeking a suitably qualified person to take on the role of Collection Manager for the Foreign Ethnology section of the Anthropology Collections. In addition to managing the collections to a high conservation standard the role will include facilitating public and research access to the collections, arranging object loans and preparing […]

Source: ArtsHub Deborah Stone, ‘Australia registers world’s first Arts Party’ ArtsHub, 24 September 2014 The Arts Party has been registered by the Australian Electoral Commission and will field candidates at the next Federal Election, putting arts and culture firmly on the political and social agenda. The Party aims to be an independent voice for arts, […]

Museum Leadership Program

The Gordon Darling Foundation has announced that the Museum Leadership Program will be held again in 2015. • When: Sunday 4 October to Friday 9 October • Where: Macquarie Graduate School of Management, North Ryde, Sydney. • Cost: $3,600 +GST (no increase since 2005) Professor Jeanne Liedtka OAM, Darden Business School, University of Virginia returns […]