scholarly journals Why Keep It If You Can’t See It!:   an Investigation into Public and Professional Attitudes  Towards Collection Care, Access and Utilisation in New Zealand Museums

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Gabrielle Emma-Jean West
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Professional Attitudes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Care Access ◽  
Museum Practice

<p>Increasingly museums throughout the world are seeking to work more closely with their communities so that their values, needs and expectations can be better understood. However, problems arise when professional and public understanding is out of step, as can be seen with the frequent popular controversies about museums supposedly ‘locking up their treasures’ in their basements. There is a perceived notion in current museum practice that stored museum collections need to become more accessible and utilised to a greater degree, without jeopardising the care of the collection. The access and utilisation of collections is addressed by museums in the name of public need, yet little research is done on what the public know or think about it. Within museum studies a small amount of literature has skirted around this topic but few have discussed it directly, or conducted research into public and professional attitudes to this issue. This dissertation addresses this gap by conducting original research which canvassed both the museum visiting public and museum professionals for their opinions. The research design was based on both qualitative and quantitative methods: namely surveys, interviews, a review of current museum policy and practice and an analysis of new initiatives in collection development, access and use Internationally and in New Zealand. The data generated revealed a much clearer idea of public understanding from a sample of visitors, and more detailed individual opinions from key professional informants in two local museums in Rotorua and Hamilton. This research will contribute to the literature on museum practice in New Zealand, help the museum sector to approach this often emotionally charged discussion with more information, and also encourage an important debate allowing the visiting public to have a greater say in what they think about the current access to and care of their local stored collections. The dissertation concludes by suggesting that the complexities and commonalities that arose out of all the opinions canvassed offer a framework for future solutions and strategies. There is an urgent need for further research on the thoughts and feelings of the public about collection care, access and utilisation so that New Zealand museums can embark on a journey that will take their stored collections out into the full light of the public realm.</p>

scholarly journals Why Keep It If You Can’t See It!:   an Investigation into Public and Professional Attitudes  Towards Collection Care, Access and Utilisation in New Zealand Museums

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Gabrielle Emma-Jean West
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Professional Attitudes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Care Access ◽  
Museum Practice

<p>Increasingly museums throughout the world are seeking to work more closely with their communities so that their values, needs and expectations can be better understood. However, problems arise when professional and public understanding is out of step, as can be seen with the frequent popular controversies about museums supposedly ‘locking up their treasures’ in their basements. There is a perceived notion in current museum practice that stored museum collections need to become more accessible and utilised to a greater degree, without jeopardising the care of the collection. The access and utilisation of collections is addressed by museums in the name of public need, yet little research is done on what the public know or think about it. Within museum studies a small amount of literature has skirted around this topic but few have discussed it directly, or conducted research into public and professional attitudes to this issue. This dissertation addresses this gap by conducting original research which canvassed both the museum visiting public and museum professionals for their opinions. The research design was based on both qualitative and quantitative methods: namely surveys, interviews, a review of current museum policy and practice and an analysis of new initiatives in collection development, access and use Internationally and in New Zealand. The data generated revealed a much clearer idea of public understanding from a sample of visitors, and more detailed individual opinions from key professional informants in two local museums in Rotorua and Hamilton. This research will contribute to the literature on museum practice in New Zealand, help the museum sector to approach this often emotionally charged discussion with more information, and also encourage an important debate allowing the visiting public to have a greater say in what they think about the current access to and care of their local stored collections. The dissertation concludes by suggesting that the complexities and commonalities that arose out of all the opinions canvassed offer a framework for future solutions and strategies. There is an urgent need for further research on the thoughts and feelings of the public about collection care, access and utilisation so that New Zealand museums can embark on a journey that will take their stored collections out into the full light of the public realm.</p>

scholarly journals EVALUASI PENATAUSAHAAN ASET PADA PEMERINTAH KABUPTEN SARM

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mutmainnah HS Dimo ◽  
Syaikhul Falah ◽  
Arius Kambu
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Public Works ◽  
The Public ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Asset Managers ◽  
Weak Coordination ◽  
Research Show

The research objective was to evaluate the administration of regional property in the Sarmi Regency Government. The administrative aspects that were studied included the aspects of bookkeeping, inventory and reporting. Qualitative and quantitative methods are used to answer the research formulation. The research object consisted of three Regional Apparatus Organizations (OPD), including the Public Works Office, the Health Office and the Education Office. The interviewed informants are treasurers of goods. The interviewed informants were managers of regional property in three regional apparatus organizationsThe results of the research show that the Sarmi Regency Government has not fully implemented asset administration in accordance with the Minister of Home Affairs Regulation No. 19 of 2016. It is the only aspect of bookkeeping that has the highest value or has implemented regulations. Furthermore, the reporting and inventory aspects have not been said to have carried out regulatory orders.The results of this research resulted in the findings of several obstacles, namely: misuse of assets, weak coordination, lack of human resources to handle assets, and limited incentives for asset managers.

scholarly journals Qualitative and Quantitative Components of The Evaluating System of the Arthropods Biodiversity Populations Impact in the Blackcurrant Crops from the South Part of Romania (I)

2011 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina IONESCU-MĂLĂNCUŞ ◽  
T. MANOLE ◽  
P. NICULIŢĂ ◽  
Oana LIVADARIU ◽  
Eugenia PETRESCU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Material ◽  
Management System ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Vegetation Period ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Pest Species ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Research Activities

The present paper is reffer to the original research carried out for the first time in Romania in the period spring-autumn 2009 and had the proposed objective the development of an ecological based pest management experimental model on the blackcurrant crops. In the first stage of the research the collecting of biological material using specific methods from different structural components (stratifications) of biotopes of the ecosystem upon which follows the identification and the species classifications in pest and useful for the management system proposed.The monitoring performed is referring so to the surveillance of arthropods populations dynamics correlated with the command factors and with share of those factors in the research area. The research activities of the stage are including: The biological material collecting; The present arthropod species identification; The arthropods fauna structure and biodiversity highlighting (number of individuals, number of species, density and relative abundance, dominant populations); The biodiversity of blackcurrant crops investigated by qualitative and quantitative methods was divided on a preliminary analysis (which will be thorough by the route of testing/experimentation of the ecological management system by specific statistical methods) in the frame of the structure highlight by the vegetation period of the crop. The arthropods identified are including: Characteristic species of the fauna of the soil level, on the soil or on the low plants (phytophagous, predators, coprophagous, necrophagous and detritophagous); Specific pest species; Polyphagous species (phytophagous, predators); Species without any trophyc correlations with blackcurrant crop, characteristic of surrounding crop with the accidentally presence. In the study two experimental surfaces of blackcurrant in which EBPM is applied (plot I and II) in comparison with one check plot with intensive crop management will be investigated.The arthropod populations identified belongs to 5 classes, 15 taxonomic orders, 35 families, 61 genuses and 67 species (plot I) and 5 classes, 17 taxonomic orders, 40 families, 60 genuses and 65 species (plot II).

scholarly journals Public Attitudes Towards Multiculturalism and Interculturalism in Australia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanuel Elias ◽  
Fethi Mansouri ◽  
Reem Sweid
Keyword(s):  
National Survey ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
The Public ◽  
Complementarity Approach ◽  
New Phase ◽  
Different Levels

Abstract The growing intellectual and policy debate around optimal approaches to diversity governance, particularly in relation to criticism of multiculturalism, is now entering a new phase characterised by advocating alternative conceptual and policy paradigms most notably interculturalism. Proposing a conceptual complementarity approach, rather than dogmatically oppositional stances, this paper approaches interculturalism as offering heuristic additive values to multiculturalism. As the paper shows, the Australian context indeed offers an optimal case study for conceptualising and engaging with interculturalism within an otherwise resilient multicultural framework. Australia’s unique and strong multicultural ethos has combined with successful intercultural strategies at different levels of diversity governance, policy and practice across various sectoral terrains. This paper uses an online national survey to examine the public understanding of and attitudes towards multiculturalism and interculturalism as supposedly distinct yet interconnected policy tools relating to the ever-changing diversity governance agenda.

scholarly journals Analysis of Disaster Mitigation in Carita with Environmental Learning in Elementary School

2021 ◽  
Vol 940 (1) ◽  
pp. 012001
Author(s):  
H Rahmayanti ◽  
T E B Soesilo ◽  
D A P Sari ◽  
I Z Ichsan ◽  
E Kurniawan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Land Utilization ◽  
Environmental Learning ◽  
The Public ◽  
Tsunami Disaster ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Evacuation Route

Abstract This study analyzes the profile of Carita people in the efforts of tsunami disaster mitigation and the role of environmental learning in coping with the disaster, then analyzes the use of environmental learning. The method used is a mixed method of qualitative and quantitative methods. The quantitative method measures various community readiness levels in performing disaster mitigation, whereas the qualitative method is utilized to obtain various further information from the communities using interview technique. There were 88 randomly selected respondents participating in this research. The study results indicate a low land utilization density (below 33%). Indicators suggest a good category, namely: people evacuate when a disaster occurs (86%), rescue during a disaster (96.59%), and try to find new livelihoods (82.95%). In addition, public knowledge of disaster evacuation route is at a good level (87.50%) and there is an increase of 39.77% respondents with improved knowledge after the tsunami disaster occurred. Environmental learning, in this case, plays an important role to provide information to the public relating the efforts in disaster mitigation. The conclusion is that community’s disaster mitigation readiness still requires some improvement through various efforts, one of them is environmental learning with learning media in elementary school.

scholarly journals Industrial heritage as a potential for redevelopment of post-industrial areas in Austria

AГГ+ ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasna Cizler ◽  
Judith Pizzera ◽  
Wolfgang Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Industrial Heritage ◽  
Industrial Areas ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Positive Effects

The paper aims at examining the current policy and practice on rehabilitation of former industrial areas in Austria, with special focus on industrial heritage and its social and economic potentials. Often neglected, industrial places are today valuable sites with alternative aesthetics and after-use concepts such as living, cultural events, leisure or greening urban areas. The assumption is that regeneration of industrial areas needs the inclusion of local groups, in order to preserve the place identity and to initiate a beneficial re-use of the heritage site. Consequently the authors pay special attention to the planning processes and the positive effects of civil and creative development initiatives. The used methodology is based on qualitative and quantitative methods, including case studies, qualitative interviews and data analysis.

scholarly journals Public understanding of climate change-related sea-level rise

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Priestley ◽  
Zoë Heine ◽  
Taciano L Milfont
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Causal Mechanism ◽  
The Public ◽  
Scientific Consensus ◽  
Adaptation And Mitigation

Sea-level rise resulting from climate change is impacting coasts around the planet. There is strong scientific consensus about the amount of sea-level rise to 2050 (0.24–0.32 m) and a range of projections to 2100, which vary depending on the approach used and the mitigation measures taken to reduce carbon emissions. Despite this strong scientific consensus regarding the reality of climate change-related sea-level rise, and the associated need to engage publics in adaptation and mitigation efforts, there is a lack of empirical evidence regarding people’s understanding of the issue. Here we investigate public understanding of the amount, rate and causes of sea-level rise. Data from a representative sample of New Zealand adults showed a suprising tendency for the public to overestimate the scientifically plausible amount of sea-level rise by 2100 and to identify melting sea ice as its primary causal mechanism. These findings will be valuable for scientists communicating about sea-level rise, communicators seeking to engage publics on the issue of sea-level rise, and media reporting on sea-level rise.

scholarly journals A critical exploration of professional perceptions of harm reduction policy and practice in Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Tuan Dung Truong
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Harm Reduction ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Brain Diseases ◽  
People Who Use Drugs ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Public Health Perspective ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Reduction Strategies

<p>Throughout the 1990s, Vietnam experienced a dramatic rise in the prevalence of HIV among people who use drugs. In response, Vietnam’s Ministry of Health implemented several legal and policy interventions in the name of harm reduction. However, perceptions about drug use, people who use drugs, addiction and the nature of official interventions are contested. For many Vietnamese officials, abstinence remains the dominant philosophy. Drug use is considered a ‘social evil’ in Vietnam and people who use drugs face draconian controls and incarceration in the name of treatment and crime prevention.  Against this background, this thesis explores how key stakeholders perceive harm reduction philosophy and how they apply it in policy and practice. Based on qualitative and quantitative methods, it presents findings from a survey with 250 respondents and 26 semi-structured interviews, all with professionals involved in responding to drug use in Vietnam. The thesis illustrates that these professionals prefer abstinence approaches, and often see addiction as the result of moral failings and brain diseases.  While some interventions in the name of harm reduction are accepted, they are firmly rooted within a narrow public health perspective. Professional misperceptions about the key principles and practices of ‘authentic’ harm reduction are widespread. Many professionals believe, for example, that harms can only be limited through reductions in the demand and supply of drugs, or that detaining people who use drugs in compulsory treatment centres is a form of harm reduction.  These rationales have resulted in continuing police crackdowns, and the use of ‘pseudo’ harm reduction strategies to control and punish people who use drugs. Meanwhile, there are limited official attempts to address problems experienced by people who use drugs, like social isolation, stigma, discrimination, human rights violations, or problems of community reintegration. In conclusion, while a harm reduction rhetoric is regularly employed in Vietnam, ‘pseudo’ harm reduction strategies are carried out.</p>

scholarly journals Innovative and nontraditional revenue generation in New Zealand museums

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Anna Abernethy
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Revenue Generation ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Revenue Sources

<p>Improving income in museums around the world is vitally important and New Zealand museums are no exception. There is little literature in Museum Studies offering practical strategies for fundraising, with much research focusing on the morality of revenue sources rather than best practice. Research in other disciplines on museum revenue has been problematic as the theories it has attempted to apply are not always applicable. There has also been little research on the local dynamics of revenue generation, and there is therefore an urgent need for practice based research on this topic, such as data for comparative analysis of revenue sources.    Responding to gaps in the current literature this thesis analysed innovative and nontraditional revenue generation in three Wellington museums. Innovative and nontraditional revenue encompasses programs, partnering, fundraising, museum-operated businesses, venue hire, museum and third-party websites, phone applications for smartphones, crowdsourcing and e-commerce. Pragmatism provides the research paradigm for this empirical study into current professional practice. The paradigm was enhanced by several concepts including Hansen and Birkinshaw’s, Innovation Value Chain. To examine the local museum situation, data was gathered from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; the New Zealand Cricket Museum; and Pātaka Art + Museum. Semi-structured interviews with key staff and revenue records were analysed following qualitative and quantitative methods.   There were several key findings which highlighted the direct and indirect benefits of innovative and nontraditional revenue. External partnerships, museum staff and volunteers were highlighted as crucial for revenue viability. Ethics and perceptions of revenue also affected revenue generation. Overall the research enhances our knowledge of museum economics in the New Zealand context. I argue that commercial operations need to be integrated into museum practice and that the benefits of this approach should be demonstrated to all staff. Finally, several recommendations are made which I believe will enhance the future practice of revenue generation in New Zealand museums.</p>

scholarly journals The Use and Ease of Access of EBooks in Public Libraries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Nichola Ross
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Print Books ◽  
Ease Of Access

<p>Research Problem: The purpose of this research project is to examine how patrons are using the eBook collection at a New Zealand public library. Specifically the research examines the relationship between print and eBooks and how this relationship affects borrowing habits. It also explores how the eBook borrowing process for affects usage of the collection. There is little information on this topic from a library patron perspective, and even less research conducted in a New Zealand context. Methodology: Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used in this research. Self-completion questionnaires with a combination of quantitative and qualitative questions were offered to members of Christchurch City Libraries. A semi-structured interview was also conducted with two library staff members. Results: It can be observed that print is still the most borrowed and the favoured format. There are a number of reasons for this but the most prominent was that eBooks cannot offer the same sensations and reading experience that a print book gives. Most users were happy with using only print books though the ones that were open to trying eBooks were unable to do so as they did not own eReaders. The incompatibility of Amazon Kindles was also a reason some patrons were borrowing print books as they were unable to get the titles they wanted for their eReaders. The small size of the eBook collection was a deterrent for some users but the library is aware of this and is working towards building a larger collection with a wider selection.</p>

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