Some sites, groups, books and other things the Attendant has variously found useful or just interesting. Find a broken link? Flippin annoying so get in touch and it’ll be corrected. Have something you think is worth adding? It would be great to expand these lists out further with things that have helped you, so drop it in a message with why you want to share it.
Looking for work
Organisations, publications and professional bodies
http://www.museumsassociation.org/home
The Museums Association publishes Museums Journal and Museums Practice, runs courses, gives career advice, fights for fair working practices and pay, and provides advice. Joining costs, but is brilliantly scaled to your income and the rewards are worthwhile. http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ Body devoted to Archaeology, with a range of jobs and articles available for free, and further advice and perks upon joining. |
Advice and resources
http://experienceology.com/
The book Creating Great Visitor Experiences is easy to read, easy to apply to your place of work and will impress your bosses no end when you put quick, cheap, effective changes in place. Well, it's worked for me, gods forbid one of them reads it themselves... http://www.volunteering.org.uk/ Free advice for planning, advertising, creating toolkits and handbooks, risk assessments and any issue that might arise around volunteering and using volunteers. |
Reading List for ideas, amusement and misc
Some of the websites I like to have a poke at and find things out from, or browse with a brew:
http://archaeosoup.com/ http://peabodyslament.wordpress.com/ http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/news/ http://www.archaeology.co.uk/ http://artofficiallysweetened.wordpress.com/ http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/blog |
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