Links of the Week: July 26, 2024: Accessibility and AI

Museums know the problem with accessibility is one of time and resource allocation—are they hoping to skip the work with AI?

Building a Legacy of Accessible Media for Museums and Galleries—A Guest Post by Caroline Desrosiers

Museums still have a long way to go with accessibility for Blind visitors.

Links of the Week: July 19, 2024: The AI Use Case Throwdown™ That Wasn't

Is the opposite of a use case the lack of a use case—or an uneven distribution of technological benefits?

With AI, to Throwdown™ or Not Throwdown™ is the Question

AI either has tons of use cases or is all hype. Can museums figure out which—or both—and learn something more profound about their organizations?

Links of the Week: July 12, 2024: The Workplace Evolution

Are we being honest about museum org culture problems?

In Search of Sustainable Strategy for Museums: An Interview with Uma Nair

What is the relationship between skilled project management and sustainable museum strategy?

A Review of Bootstrapped and a Webinar on Worker Self-Directed Nonprofits

Organizations too often believe the twin myths of individual self-reliance and worker disempowerment.

Links of the Week: June 28, 2024: Project Manage This

Museums are ignoring the need for skills and culture as they rush towards a future they define in strategic plans.

Embracing a Change Mindset in Museums: From Scarcity to Strategy—A Guest Post by Uma Nair

How do museums—and workers—strike a balance between meaningful impact and public praise?

Links of the Week: June 21, 2024: Trust Busting or Trust Building?

Museums can't preach trust in society without enacting it internally.

The Trust Problem for Museums Doesn't Start with the Public

Museums say they're among the most trusted institutions in society. What happens when that isn't the case internally?

Links of the Week: June 14, 2024: The AI-Age Museum Career

Technology for museums is about more than AI (though AIs probably would disagree).

The Cultural and Nonprofit Sector Technology Journey—An Interview with Matt Morgan

Museum Technology Careers are a Mix of Intention and Accident

Links of the Week: June 7, 2024: Days at the Museum

Museums can't find the answers unless they widen their view of who gets to ask the questions.

The Mindset to Matter: A Review of Why Museums Matter and Videogames and the Public Museum

Are museum leaders and workers speaking languages too different for institutions to thrive?