• Annual salary information for 72 positions reported by 123 New York State institutions
• Full-time and part-time positions reported
• Data sorted by budget size, institution location and discipline

Also a great source of information for:

• benefits benchmarking, including insurance, retirement programs, vacations and leaves
• financial statistics
• policy trends
• staff recruitment, training and evaluation trends

You can also find information about what your colleagues are using for collection management software, accounting software, and point-of-sale software.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
  Anne W. Ackerson, Director, MANY
  and
  Linda Norris, Director, UHA
• Opening Remarks
  Richard J. Schwartz, Chairman, NYSCA
• Keynote Address: Always Weaving Everything
  David Carr
• Thinking Outside the Box
  Susan Choi
• New Approaches to Historic House Interpretation
  Kathleen Eagen Johnson, Curator, Historic Hudson Valley

Making the Meter Move: Developing an Institutional Philosophy about Corporate Giving

MANY’s newest addition to its lineup of publications on professional practice provides loads of practical advice about the world of corporate philanthropy at the turn of the 21st century. Gone are the days of the truly philanthropic business contribution. In its place is marketing money, which is strategically spent to give the donor high visibility and hopefully greater market share.

Each essay delves into the intricate interface of corporate support for arts and culture and offers advice, quick tips, ethical practice, and models. You’ll want to share this publication with your board and fundraising volunteers.

Table of Contents 

• Introduction: The Current State and Future Direction of Corporate Support of the Arts in America
  Gary P. Steuer, President & CEO, Arts & Business Council Inc.
• It’s Not About Art: Two Directors Contemplate the Museum-Corporate Relationship
  An interview by Joan H. Baldwin with Michael Botwinick, Director of the Hudson River Museum and Willis “Buzz” Hartshorn, Director of the International Center of Photography
• Building a Corporate Giving Program: A Case Study
  Jackie Day, President, Long Island Museum
• Guidelines for Museums on Developing and Managing Business Support
  American Association of Museums
• Resources

27 pp, paperback

Cost:	Soft Cover Edition			new! Digital Edition (PDF)
MANY members:	$7 + $2 s&h			$4.50
Non-members:	$12 + $2 s&h			$9
Non-members: Add a membership to your cart and start saving today.

Second in a series of three publications on professional practice, MANY’s latest title, The Importance of Mission in Guiding Museum Practice, discusses the benefits of developing and implementing a clear, meaningful mission. Each essay offers sound advice for organizations of any size and discipline when approaching mission refinement.  The accompanying CD provides an array of mission, vision, and values statements from 59 MANY member institutions, and the resource list provides a variety of ways you can obtain additional information to craft vibrant, engaging mission statements.  The publication is funded by the New York State Council on the Arts and is the outgrowth of a workshop series MANY developed last year.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
  Kristin Herron, Director, Museum Program, New York State Council on the Arts
• On Mission
  Kinshasha Holman Conwill
  Reprinted with permission from the Web site of Management Consultants for the Arts
• Putting Mission First
  Liz Sevcenko, Vice President of Programs, Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York
• The Evolving Mission of Fort Ticonderoga, 1931 – 2003:  A Case Study
  Nicholas Westbrook, Director, Fort Ticonderoga
• Refocusing Interpretive Mission:  A Case Study
  Liselle LaFrance, Director, Historic Cherry Hill, Albany, New York 
• Mission and Profit
  by John Durel
  Reprinted with permission from the Web site of Qm2
• Resource Section
• CD-Rom/PDF of vision, mission, and values statements from 59 MANY member institutions

To order your copy, send an institutional purchase order or payment to MANY, 265 River Street, Troy, NY  12180. 

Table of Contents

• Introduction:  Museums Are Special and So Are We
  by Steve Rooney, Deputy Director - Administration, International Center of Photography
• A New Look at Retaining Employees:  Your Most Valuable Collection
   by Deborah Koen, Vice President, Career Development Services, Rochester
• Best Fit, Best Work, by Betsy W. Harrison, President & CEO, Genesee Country Village & Museum
• Volunteers as Museum Human Resources, by Patricia P. Sands, former Volunteer Administrator, South Street Seaport Museum
• Executive Transition in Museum, by Anne Butterfield, Independent Museum Consultant
• The Executive Search:  From the Organization's Point of View, by Linda Sweet, Management Consultants for the Arts
• The Executive Search:  From the Applicant's Point of View, by Stuart A. Chase, S.A. Chase & Associates, Consultants
• Resources

27 pp, paperback

Order online or send payment to Museum Association of New York,
265 River Street, Troy, NY  12180
Institutional purchase orders are gladly accepted.

The workshops and these publications are funded by the
New York State Council on the Arts.

Order online or send an institutional purchase order or payment to MANY, 265 River Street, Troy, NY  12180. 

To Order Publications, Subscriptions, Surveys or Lists:
Send or fax purchase order or send check to Museum Association of New York, 265 River Street, Troy, NY 12180. 518-273-3400; fax 518-273-3416

White Paper:  Cultural & Heritage Tourism = Diversity & Dollars
An analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing cultural and heritage organizations, tourism agencies, and policy makers in New York State.  Coordinated by the Museum Association of New York.

Download it here:
High speed internet (Acrobat/Adobe PDF format, 6.91MB)
Dial-up internet (Acrobat/Adobe PDF format, 944KB, cover sheet and background graphics removed)
(Click here to get Adobe Reader)

Training Materials Available Here for Museum and Heritage Organization Trustees
This workbook has been developed in conjunction with Education & Training Associates of Macedon, NY for boards and staff to use to learn about governing roles, responsibilities, and liabilities. The workbook also contains valuable tools you can use to plan projects, manage time and people, and evaluate the effectiveness of your board. Download it, make copies of it, and begin working from it today!

Click here to view or download the workbook
(Acrobat/Adobe PDF format, 731KB, use Rotate Clockwise
 in Adobe/Acrobat Reader's View menu for easier reading
Click here to get Adobe Reader)

These materials are made possible through the collaboration of the New York State Education Department Office of Cultural Education’s Museum Chartering program, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Museum Association of New York.

Publications from the Texas Association of Museums:

The Museum Forms Book
The Texas Association of Museums is pleased to offer the Third Edition of The Museum Forms Book, which has been edited by Kenneth D. Perry. From loan forms to copyright agreement, this compilation of over 400 forms is an important reference book for museum professionals wanting to evaluate and redesign their own record-keeping procedures.
Cost is $50 (includes shipping and handling) and can be ordered from TAM, 3939 Bee Caves Road, Building A, Suite 1B, Austin TX 78746; call toll-free 1-888-842-7491; fax: 512-327-9775; http://www.io.com/~tam/Publications/publications.html

PREP: Planning for Response and Emergency Preparedness
In this 1993 manual, editors Mary E. Candee and Richard Casagrande in conjunction with the Disaster Preparedness/Recovery Committee have collected over 300 pages of reference and resource material on disaster preparedness. Contained in a looseleaf binder with tabbed sections for quick reference, this publication allows institutions to add material specific to their own needs.

The PREP Manual includes:

• Introductory material covering a wide range of issues with annotated bibliography
• A step by step guide to developing a site-specific plan including looks at:
  • disaster vulnerability
  • building assessment
  • response time
  • personnel involvement
  • collection/asset management
  • resource considerations
  • test/review of plan
• Guide to recovery from disaster
• Disaster plans from two museums as well as a university library
• Resource lists of vendors, experts, and consultants
• Sample forms include the following:
  • Disaster vulnerability assessment
  • AAM Standard Facilities Report
  • Sample checklist for disaster
  • Prevention and protection
  • Facilities protection checklist
  • Staff list and disaster responsibility form
  • Emergency funds sheet
  • Insurance information form
  • Collection damage form
  • Collection priorities guide
  • Accident investigation form
  • Security procedures checklist