MERGING
ARTS INFORMATION AND CURATORIAL SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS IN AUSTRALIA
Paul Bentley
October 1998
Key words
Performing arts; virtual organisations; information industry; association
management; special interest groups. library associations, archival
associations, museum associations, Art Libraries Society/Australia and New
Zealand, Museums Australia Performing Arts Special Interest Group.
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Summary
Proposes three options for the management of Australian arts information and
curatorial special interest groups in Australia, including ARLIS/ANZ, IAML
and PASIG.
Speculates on possible benefits arising from a merger or collaboration by
looking at the following issues:
Representation
Governance and decision making
Liaison and lobbying
Financial management
Conferences
Publications
Websites and listservs
Projects
Proposes steps
to be taken to examine the propositions in more detail, including analyses
of membership interests, benchmarking with other special interest groups and
completion of a final proposal.
Full
text
See
also subsequent paper, Scratching
the surface