S13E01: Building Communities

We talk to community-building conservator Melissa King about nurturing communication between collections care professionals and the growing preservation community at Conserv. Jenny also talks to heritage consultant Sarah Marsom about being a moderator online, and to chief exec Sara Crofts about Icon’s use of Discord and Basecamp. Don’t forget to tune in for a Dear Jane about getting some conservation experience in South Africa! 00:02:15 Web based communities and conservation 00:04:27 Whatever happened to forums? 00:09:44 Different ways and levels of engaging 00:10:50 Kloe feels clueless (but isn’t really) 00:16:39 Developing communities for different audiences 00:20:05 Platform options out there 00:25:09 Being too afraid to post 00:31:11 Kloe joins the Conserv community 00:37:26 Jenny wants a Mastodon instance for conservators 00:40:17 Interview with Sarah Marsom 00:53:40 Interview with Sara Crofts 01:04:50 Dear Jane 01:12:24 Patreon shout out and funding plea Show Notes: - Join the Conserv Community here: https://community.conserv.io/join?invitation_token=18de977edaf111954e06b897a6ab0356181e1c1a-97dcab76-66ae-4e51-8831-e2d9f5d886f4 - Conserv: https://bit.ly/3TvkFfB - S09E04 Environmental Monitoring: https://thecword.show/2021/05/05/s09e04-environmental-monitoring/ - Conserv’s upcoming conference: https://conserv.io/preservation-matters-2023/ - Conservation DistList archives: https://cool.culturalheritage.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/ - Global Conservation Forum: https://community.culturalheritage.org/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=ea3d002c-9fc3-4446-b7d2-c308f5faed13 - Online communities as defined by Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_community - Connecting to Collections Care community: https://connectingtocollections.org/ - ConCode: https://www.concode.info/ - A quick guide to Facebook Groups: https://www.lifewire.com/facebook-groups-4103720 - Discord: https://discord.com/ - Slack: https://slack.com/ - Circle: https://circle.so/ - Cardiff Conservation Graduates FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132162183909/ - FREELANCE Conservators in Private Practice FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1679578638848189/ - Art Conservation Advocates FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/artconservationadvocates/ - Reddit’s /r/MuseumPros: https://www.reddit.com/r/MuseumPros/ - Reddit’s /r/ArtConservation: https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtConservation/ - A succinct explanation to the Fediverse: https://gist.github.com/joepie91/f924e846c24ec7ed82d6d554a7e7c9a8 - The GLAM server on Mastodon: https://glammr.us/ - Sarah Marsom: https://www.sarahmarsom.com/ - Historic Preservation Professionals FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PreservationProfessionals - National Council of Public History on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/publichistorians - Basecamp: https://basecamp.com/ - Example of Cex Drop-In Session via Icon: https://www.icon.org.uk/events/cex-drop-in-session-april-2023-2.html - ICOM-CC open access papers treasure trove: https://www.icom-cc-publications-online.org/ - Studies in Conservation: https://www.iiconservation.org/publications/sic - JAIC: https://www.culturalheritage.org/publications/journal-(jaic) - JIC: https://www.icon.org.uk/resources/journal-of-the-institute-of-conservation.html - AICCM Bulletin: https://aiccm.org.au/publications/aiccm-bulletin/ - Thoughts on commercial taxidermy skills: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/conservation/2310-2/ - Connect with Monique Vajifdar on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monique-vajifdar-470025211/ - South African Museums Association: https://samuseums.co.za/ Support us on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/thecword Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Kloe Rumsey, and Melissa King. Intro and outro music by DDmyzik, used under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. A Wooden Dice production, 2023.