▸ Case Study 17Technology and Transparency at the Museum

Amanda R. Insalaco, Benjamin S. Bingle and C. Kenneth Meyer

DOI: 10.4324/9781003387800-45

How am I going to get all this work done?” Ted Hamilton asked, not expecting an answer in return. He was alone in his second-floor office pondering the coming fiscal year’s budget. The sensor on the visitors’ center front door released yet another deafening buzz. The museum simply needs more staff, there is no denying it, he thought as he scurried downstairs to greet museum guests.

As the executive director of the local historic house museum, it was Ted’s duty to impress upon the board the gravity of the museum’s need. Surely they would understand. After all, the board had recently initiated a campaign ...

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