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Museum facility management is a vital part of running a museum, but can involve special challenges that even knowledgeable facility managers have not encountered before. The target audience for this book is both museum administrators who need to learn more about facility management and facility managers who are stepping into the museum environment for the first time. This book fills a gap in museum administration literature by providing best practices guidance that can be used to increase efficiency, save money, and improve the guest experience. Special attention is paid to: -Strategic…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Museum facility management is a vital part of running a museum, but can involve special challenges that even knowledgeable facility managers have not encountered before. The target audience for this book is both museum administrators who need to learn more about facility management and facility managers who are stepping into the museum environment for the first time. This book fills a gap in museum administration literature by providing best practices guidance that can be used to increase efficiency, save money, and improve the guest experience. Special attention is paid to: -Strategic planning for cultural facilities, -Special event preparations, -Implementing sustainability initiatives, -Predictive and reliability centered maintenance (RCM), -Environmental controls for collections conservation, and -Training for maintenance and operations personnel.
Autorenporträt
Angela Person-Harm holds a bachelor of science in environmental design and master of science in museum studies, both from the University of Oklahoma. She works with the Office of Facilities Management and Reliability of the Smithsonian Institution to document and describe best practices in museum and cultural facility management. She has given presentations on facility management at the American Alliance of Museums and International Facility Management Association (IFMA) conferences, and has been awarded an "Editor's Pick" award for her work published in the Facility Management Journal. She is currently writing her dissertation about the architecture of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. Judie Cooper is a facility management analyst in the Office of Facilities Management and Reliability of the Smithsonian Institution and is responsible for strategic initiatives, organizational development, benchmarking, research, staff professional development and implementation of best practices. She is a Certified Facility Manager and past chairperson of the IFMA Capital Chapter Education Team and the current president of the Museums/Cultural Institutional Council of IFMA. She is active in the International Association of Museum Facility Administrators, the American Society for Training and Development, and the Society for Human Resources Management.