This UK Government paper considers the value of museums. It "recognises and celebrates the importance and achievements of museums in the 21st century while identifying some of the challenges that face them."

To read the complete paper:
http://www.culture.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/31419198-35C1-4A00-8C12-CB0572EC9B57/0/UnderstandingtheFuture.pdf

A good website that employs use of online technology to enhance the experience of the museum visitor through podcasting. Here is an example of SFMOMA, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

http://www.sfmoma.org/education/edu_podcasts.html

The Grand Opera House presented 387 performances in 2002/03 to an audience of almost 300,000, as the study mentioned. But what does the statistics mean?

The Department of Culture of Tartu City Government is glad to invite cultural professionals to the international cultural management conference "Cultural Management in Changing Environment" o­n 23-24 November 2006 in Tartu, Estonia. The first conference day will deal with management of cultural sector at European, state and local government level (cultural policies) and management of international cultural cooperation. The second conference day will focus o­n management of cultural organisations - strategic management, human resources management with the purpose of building a creative and innovative environment, case studies of management of Estonian cultural organisations.

On September 11 2006, Berlin hosted an International Creative Cities Conference. Right now, you can not only listen to the experts' English speeches for free, but also can read the studies from different participants in creative industries and ecomony fields.

Further resource:
http://www.berlin.de/senwiarbfrau/projektzukunft/themen/kultur/ccc_2006_praesentationen.html

This Economy of Culture in Europe Study is on national approaches and practices in the European Union in relation to Intercultural dialogue, and is being completed in collaboration with Media Group and MKW GmbH. The sectors to be covered by the Study are Visual arts, Performing arts, Audiovisual, Advertising, Software publishing, Music, Books and press, Heritage, Tourism.

http://ec.europa.eu/culture/eac/sources_info/studies/studies_en.html

This research, which was written by Catherine J. Johnson and Allegra Fuller Snyder and was published by Council on Library and Information Resources Washington D.C, focuses on the management of the variety of resource. And it also presents the issues in evaluating, documenting, preserving, and making accessible the history of dance.

http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/ebook/aw/1999/clir/84/pub84.pdf

Each country develops its own cultural policy according to its national, historical, political, geographical, economical and other peculiarities., as this paper mentioned in the introduction. This paper compared the supports for the arts between in Europe and in the US as a main example to discuss about the varieties of national cultural models.

http://neumann.hec.ca/aimac2005/PDF_Text/NaimarkM_RichD.pdf

Prof. Meler, Department of Marketing at Osijek University, would like to examine the role of the arts and cultural marketing in the Republic of Croatia. He analyzed at first the situation and problems of arts and cultural marketing of the existent theoretical basis, and then facilitated what can be done.

To read the paper:
http://neumann.hec.ca/aimac2005/PDF_Text/Meler_Marcel.pdf

This study Research Priorities for Dance Education, which includes not only Quantitative and Qualitative research, was published by National Dance Education Organization. It addresses not only situation of Dance Education in USA, but also presents the dilemma sides.

This full and particular survey, was written by Dr. Sharron Dickman and was published by Arts Victoria, Australia, aims to guide small performing arts groups on how to do a visitors research in order to find our, to develop and to influence their target group and audience. Furthermore, it is also practical tools on marketing and promotion.

This paper, which is written by Jack McAuliffe - Vice President for Marketing, American Symphony Orchestra League, guides readers why a survey is necessary, how to do a research, and how many various surveys can be used. In order to create a beneficial marketing strategy, please read the useful resource as an example.

http://www.symphony.org/book/pdf/marketresearch.pdf

This report is published by South African Department of Arts and Culture. It is the strategic plan for 2005-2010, which aims to preserve South African culture to ensure social cohesion and nation-building.

The Departments activities are divided into six programmes and their respective descriptions and measurable objectives are the following:

Opinion polls confirm that Europeans are generally concerned about the speed of economic and technological change, as well as the phenomenon of globalisation. They feel a loss of identity and often have a sense of disconnection from the European Union...

One day just before I began this writing, a friend told me about the currently depressing situation in the art market. Its hard to sell paintings now; great names cannot warrant your investment, he remarked. Then I asked him why it is so. He told me that the great number of auction houses in Indonesia contributes much to the sad situation. Another factor has been the powerful current of Chinese painting sweeping Indonesia lately...

If you, as a dancer, would like to begin a freelancer or a studio as a career, here are some very important advices and good resource for your business. This is an example from New Zealand, which presents including income tax, GST, employing others and further information.

To read the whole resource:
http://www.danz.org.nz/Downloads/YoureInBusiness.pdf

This new OECD project will provide an approach to measuring the economic and social importance of culture and will deliver initial quantitative estimates of these measures. The project will also explore the linkages between culture and well-being. An international workshop is planned for December 2006.

British Council Seminars is running the forthcoming international seminar Sustainable cultural heritage from 3-8 December 2006 in Bath, UK. It will explore strategies for historic buildings and archaeological sites, including:

* advocacy
* adaptive reuse
* heritage protection and maintenance
* local and regional partnerships
* regeneration and cultural tourism.

It is of interest to senior managers from museums and heritage institutions, government officials with responsibility for the historic environment, and representatives from cultural heritage NGOs.

Directed by Jane Weeks, Henrietta Hopkins and Anita Van Mil, this event is based in the historic city of Bath, a World Heritage Site since 1987, and study visits will be made to the surrounding area, industrial archaeology sites in South Wales and urban regeneration sites in Bristol.

This article, which was written by Ellen Rosenholtz, Director of Programs Painted Bride Art Center, aims to through herself as an example giving readers some hints about how to improve his or her career in the arts.

She mentioned that "One important skill I learned during this time was to address unsatisfied needs in an organization in order to increase my value as an employee." To read the article for more suggestions:

http://www.artjob.org/cgi-local/displayPage.pl?page=article_template.html&sid=PUT_SID_HERE&article_number=12

Young Performers Career Advancement (YPCA), part of the Arts Presenters Classical Connections initiative, is a program designed to assist selected classical musicians in the formative stages of their careers by offering opportunities to meet and work with established presenters, managers, agents and artists.