Job profiles for museums in the digital era

Research conducted in Portugal, Italy and Greece within the Mu.SA project

Bibliographic Data

ID19586048
AuthorsAntonia Silvaggi, Federica Pesce (0009-0000-0585-8151)
Year2018
Volume8
Publication date2018-12-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Cultural Management and Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2663-5771 • E-ISSN: 2663-5771
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/ejcmp.2023.v8iss1-article-5
OpenAlexW4378224429
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited1

Due to the increasing use of technologies in the museum sector, new job profiles are now emerging within that sector. This paper describes the key findings of the research activities carried out in Greece, Portugal and Italy within the Mu.SA – Museum Sector Alliance – project funded by the European Erasmus Plus Programme – Sector Skills Alliances. Our research addressed the questions of what skills and know-how are needed by museum professionals in the process of digital transformation of their sector and what emerging job profiles would help museums to thrive in the digital environment. The research validated four job profiles such as Digital Strategy Manager, Digital Collections Curator, Digital Interactive Experience Developer and Online Community Manager. It also showed that there are some digital and transferable competences common to the four museum job profiles, but, most importantly, that an awareness of digital culture should be developed throughout the whole of a museum's workforce

Alliance · Art · Business · Digital media · Digital transformation · Erasmus · Job creation · Political science · Workforce · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts

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