ANSM is Hiring!
The application period for our new Executive Director has now closed, and the Hiring Committee is moving onto the next phase of reviewing applications and scheduling interviews. In other hiring news, we have just announced two new, 4-day/week positions at ANSM. Our old Member Services Coordinator position is being broken out into two new roles - Museum Services Coordinator and Communications & Administration Coordinator. Please help us spread the word! The application deadline for both is June 19, 10am.
TRACK
The second round of piloting has begun! Maggie and Karin met with participants this month and are excited to hear feedback and continue moving forward with this new program.
Tuesdays on TRACK are proving to be quite popular. If your museum is registered for TRACK, you can request recordings of previous sessions on our website. You can also register for upcoming sessions online. For any museums that are receiving CMAP funding, you need to participate in 4 of the 8 sessions this year. We are monitoring registration and participation so will reach out to any museums that don't seem to be on track to meet this requirement.
Employer-Employee Training
In case you missed it, last week we partnered with a career counselor at SMU to deliver a webinar on working with students. And this week we are delivering part two - a webinar for students on how to make the most out of their work placement. If you have students working with you this summer and haven't yet registered for this webinar, here's the link.
Museums 101
Our Museums 101 course launched online this month with 28 participants. Meeting Wednesday afternoons for two hours, the course is taking place over 5 weeks. This is the only Museum Studies Program course being offered this year, and we are thoroughly enjoying the conversations and feedback as we look to review and renew the entire program.
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Our second day of learning took place early in the month in Millbrook. We had a full house and learned so much from Heather, Katie and Roger. One of ANSM's key takeaways is that museum workers recognize a deficit of knowledge about Mi'kmaq culture and history. We have been setting up meetings with community leaders and organizations to see how we can help to address this issue, and remain committed to this learning journey. We hope to share more news and opportunities soon.
Educational Partnerships
Karin went back to school this month, teaching Museum Fundamentals and Unlocking Collections at SMU. The students are learning museum theory and applying this to practical assignments to help ANSM and member museums respond to Unlocking Calls to Action.
CollectiveAccess & NovaMuse
As museums are gearing up for the summer, we're seeing steady activity in the databases. With 369,000 objects and 340,000 media files, there is much work to be done and everyone is doing a great job "eating the elephant one bite at a time". With interns around, we are slowly picking away at the data improvement plan, and SMU students will be helping out with Made in Nova Scotia and seeking more connections in collections. Slowly but surely, we are learning more about collections.
On the NovaMuse front, we are copying over files to relaunch NovaMuse with some improved search, sync and other functions. In case you missed it, we now have land acknowledgements and the option to view the website in French. We still have a backlog of new NovaMuseEd resources to catalogue and release, but we're so excited about all the progress we've made over the past months.
That's all for now. Stay tuned for more news about training and tech upgrades and new staff...all sorts of fun stuff on the horizon!
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