Collections on Contract

CoC is a community hub for cultural heritage professionals who work on a short term or contractual basis. currently seeking submissions!

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If you participated in our recent survey of LAM contractors, check out our new article detailing the results!

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Unsupported, Uninsured, Unsustainable: The effect of contracting on young professionals https://t.co/GrZVxFZ35U

[Curating Visibility @Curating4Change]

We want to see #disability represented in museums - from the stories that are told to the people who tell them. If you define as D/deaf, disabled or neurodiverse and either work in museums or would like to, please help us by completing our survey via the link below.

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"Therefore, I again call on ���all” stakeholders in the museum field & related heritage sectors to attend seriously to the current human resources crisis in our industry."

A spot-on assessment from Solve Task Saturation. Glad our research could help!

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[Museums & Race @MuseumsandRace]

Huge thank you to @MetroDCEMP for hosting us at their town hall to discuss the recent coup, reconciling the long violence in the US- in museums & beyond. We invite y'all to read & consider https://t.co/RjKsbTDhkA

#OnTruth #MuseumsandRace #MR2021 #MuseRace #TruthandReconciliation

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👀 #GLAM

[American Alliance of Museums @AAMers]

Are you looking to focus on self-care in 2021? Check out some of our resources below⬇️

Learn how museum workers can manage trauma after a disaster: https://t.co/bLPT9qoAi1

Three exercises to do during the workweek to help own your time and space: https://t.co/GMURScnftF .

[American Alliance of Museums @AAMers]

Calling all museum education professionals! @AAM_EdCom is now accepting applications for its Museum Education Mentoring Program (EdMEM).

Mentors with 3-5+ years in the field and mentees at any stage of their career are encouraged to apply by Feb. 21: https://t.co/KrnNky30fc

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We are pleased to finally share our recent Contracting 101 webinar that we hosted for @MetroDCEMP ! Check out the full video here:

https://t.co/faGM2MPiHC

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Once again, you should absolutely be paying attention to the voices at Change The Museum’s Instagram... sooner or later, the GLAM field has to reckon with the harm it is perpetuating amongst young professionals and *especially* young BIPOC.

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If you’re not following @changemuseum here or on Instagram, you absolutely should be!

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Thanks to everyone who tuned in last night for our Contracting 101 webinar with @MetroDCEMP! We loved meeting you and hearing your questions. As always, feel free to reach out to us here, via the website, or thru email!

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@MuseumsAndChill @MetroDCEMP Thank you for tuning in and for your excellent questions!

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Reminder that this is your last chance to sign up for our FREE Contracting 101 webinar tomorrow night! If you’re new to contracting or just looking into it, come join us!

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We’ve teamed up with @MetroDCEMP to offer a free, one hour “contracting 101” webinar! Register here: https://t.co/QrZmHXF4bk

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Check out the link below for more details on our upcoming Contracting 101 seminar with @MetroDCEMP ! One week left to sign up to join us!

#museum #GLAM #archives

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We feel it’s important to continue building capacity and community during a time when so many are facing increased employment precarity. We hope you’ll join us!

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We’ve teamed up with @MetroDCEMP to offer a free, one hour “contracting 101” webinar! Register here: https://t.co/QrZmHXF4bk

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While this webinar will focus particularly on contracting with the US federal gov’t, there are takeaways for anyone beginning to wade into the world of contingent work in the GLAM field.

[Soc Amer Archivists @archivists_org]

Join the SAA Council and the archives community TODAY at 3:00 pm ET (12:00 pm PT / 1:00 pm MT / 2:00 pm CT) for an open forum of reflection on Black Lives Matter and archives: https://t.co/RwyG1DpmlC

[UVW Designers + Cultural Workers @UVW_DCW]

If you have been furloughed and your employer has encouraged you to illegally continue working for them, get in touch: [email protected]

We suspect many art, design and culture businesses are misusing the Job Retention Scheme. We need your testimony to fight back! 👊

[Caitlin Haynes @CaitlinEHaynes]

This 👏👏👏. It is not enough for us as archivists/librarians/museum staff to simply be aware of our privilege and power as reference staff and “record keepers.” We must also actively listen, be open to change, and ACTUALLY implement practices that prioritize user/community need

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The recent proliferation of protest and uprising against anti-black racism and state-sanctioned violent policing calls us to be very clear that employment precarity in the GLAM field disproportionately affects our BIPOC colleagues.

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#blacktranslivesmatter https://t.co/BasHgSO1RH