1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455378403321

Titolo

Adequacy of the VA Persian Gulf registry and uniform case assessment protocol [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on the Evaluation of the Department of Veterans Affairs Uniform Case Assessment Protocol, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998

ISBN

1-280-18686-0

9786610186860

0-309-59177-5

0-585-03068-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Disciplina

616.9/8023

Soggetti

Persian Gulf syndrome

Medical protocols

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465677603321

Autore

Janes Robert R. <1948-, >

Titolo

Museums and the paradox of change : a case study in urgent adaptation / / Robert R. Janes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-95814-9

0-203-38396-6

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (449 p.)

Disciplina

069/.068

Soggetti

Museums

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title                 ; Title Page                 ; Copyright Page                     ; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations                            ; Notes on contributors                            ; Foreword; Preface to the Third Edition                                   ; Preface to the Second Edition - Original                                               ; Acknowledgements - 2012                              ; Acknowledgements - 1997                              ; 1. Introduction

Five propositions characterize the current setting                                                         Seven propositions describe implications for museums                                                           ; Other propositions concern the process of repositioning; The museum organization of the future                                            ; 2. Glenbow: a case study in urgent adaptation                                                    ; Introduction                   ; Overview of change

Creating a new form of organization                                          Transforming Glenbow: Details and Difficulties                                                     ; Towards a learning organization                                      ; New ways of working                          ; Lessons we have learned                              ; 3. Glenbow staff perspectives - 1997                                           ; Susan Kooyman                    ; Joe Konrad                 ; Kirstin Evenden                      ; Dennis Slater

Lisa Christensen                       Valerie Cooper                     ; Wendy Smith                  ; Jim Shipley                  ; Gerry Conaty                   ; Donna Livingstone                        ; 4. Glenbow then and now                              



; 1997           ; Introduction; Is it over yet?; What's new at Glenbow?; Museums and the civil society; 2012           ; The silence at Glenbow; 5. Commentaries from the field

Reflections on organizational transformation in the twenty-first century                                                                               New needs for new times                              ; Through the looking glass: changing social relations in the museum                                                                         ; Museum of Vancouver - a transformation in progress

Complexity, conversation and change: learning how museum organizations change

Sommario/riassunto

<P>Museums throughout the world are under increasing pressure in the wake of the 2008/2009 economic recession and the many pressing social and environmental issues that are assuming priority. The major focus of concern in the global museum community is the sustainability of museums in light of these pressures, not to mention falling attendance and the challenges of the digital world.</P><P><I>Museums and the Paradox of Change </I>provides a detailed account of how a major Canadian museum suffered a 40 percent loss in its operating budget and went on to become the most financially self-sufficie