Clearinghouse of Professional Information
Libraries as Cultural Partners
Public libraries are increasingly being recognized as making a significant
contribution to the cultural vitality of their community, in some cases,
providing cultural programming, collections, exhibit and performance space.
Whether or not the community is engaged in Municipal Cultural Planning,
libraries are in the business of culture and are also extraordinarily well
positioned to collaborate with the Culture Sector. See also the
Creative Economy and
Public Space sections of the Clearinghouse.
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ArtsResearchMonitor.com
Provides synopses of qualitative and quantitative research findings
in the arts and culture. We hope that the site is useful to artists,
arts managers, funders, policy makers, researchers and others with
an interest in learning more about the arts and culture.
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Capitalizing
on Culture
(Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy) 2006. "Two powerful issues: the
development of our cities and the nature of culture as a public good".
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Canadians Assess Public Infrastructure Priorities and Government
Performance. (.pdf)
Survey
by Ipsos-Reid. Results published in Municipal World, September 2007
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Cultural
Vitality in Communities: Interpretation and Indicators. (Urban
Institute). The 2006 report outlines measures of the many ways in which
people participate in arts and cultural activity -- "as practitioners,
teachers, students, critics, supporters, and consumers".
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Factors in
Canadians’ Cultural Activities (.pdf) (Hill Strategies Research) Report
indicates that cultural experiences and exposure are more important factors in cultural activities than demographics. The
statistics have interesting marketing implications for cultural
organizations. Specifically, cultural marketing might be directed at other
cultural attendees. For example, performance information should be made
available at art galleries, festivals, museums and historic sites.
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manageculture.com
The Centre for Cultural Management at the University of Waterloo provides a
number of online courses of interest to cultural managers.
