The European Commission Delegation in Russia has recently launched a call for proposals to support cultural cooperation initiatives between Russia and the EU, which is open to projects from non-profit organisations based in Russia or EU member countries.

Over the past couple of years museums have been subject to growing criticism of their increasingly commercial stance. A related trend, the contours of which are only now becoming apparent, concerns the shift in the behavior of commercial galleries and auction houses, which are becoming decidedly more museum-like.

MIAMI, FLInstitute of Museum and Library Services Director Anne-Imelda Radice released results of InterConnections: A National Study of Users and Potential Users of Online Information March 6 at the 9th annual WebWise Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World in Miami. This new report offers insight into the ways people search for information in the online age, and how this impacts the ways they interact with public libraries and museums, both online and in person.

This issue is all about Audience Developement.

A guide to assessing the significance of cultural heritage objects and collections

Museum Methods is produced by Museums Australia Inc.

New York December 4, 2007 A new study by the Research Center for Arts and Culture (RCAC) at Teachers College Columbia University finds that aging artists offer a great deal as a model for society, especially as the workforce changes to accommodate multiple careers and baby boomers enter the retirement generation.

Excerpts from Community Cultural Planning Handbook: A guide for community leaders

WATERLOO, Jan 10 Jamie Grant, General Manager of the Centre in the Square, has been awarded the 2007 ACE Award for his outstanding contributions to cultural management in Canada. The award will be officially presented at the Associations annual general meeting on Thursday January 17th at the Textile Museum of Canada in Toronto.

The European Diploma in Cultural Project Management is a training and learning experience fostering cultural diversity and interregional exchanges as a way of giving culture a stronger place within Europe.

Special topic of this newsletter issue is Australia. In 2002 during an extended learning trip, we visited arts managers in organizations and universities in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide. Already at that time we were impressed by the high level that Australian cultural sector has achieved, especially, in the arts management education. There is a close networking system among arts professionals that aims at strengthening cooperation between professionals as well as sustainable audience and organizational development programs which are considered to be leading principles of the arts management education.

This week sees the launch of a brand new ArtsProfessional website, after a year-long programme of development by an in-house team. The new website marks the latest stage in the magazines burgeoning online development.

This is the 76th edition of Arts Management Newsletter, published in November 2007.

A short introduction about fundraising possibilities in the Dutch performing arts

The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon has today published two pamphlets as part of the series The Value of the Arts. The pamphlets have been written by journalist Emer OKelly and poet John McAuliffe.

Gerlach Art Packers & Shippers, specialized in national and international art transport and in packaging and storing art, antiques and other valuables, offers a new service to museums, galleries and other art collectors as of October 2007. For Gerlach customers and other parties, it is now possible to engage special trained employees on a temporary basis. People, specialized in art preservation.