Annolog is a recently created space where museologists and museum professionals can share and discuss references. With increased speeds in information exchange, it becomes ever more difficult to determine the state of a field. This situation is complicated by the field’s interdisciplinarity. If we work together, we can compose a broad reference framework which both defines and supports museology’s unique blend of professional and academic characteristics.

The format follows a standard blog post with the bibliographic citation as the title and the contributor’s annotation as the body of the post. Citations should follow the MLA Citation Style, using html tags to underline titles where appropriate. Readers and other contributors are invited to comment on annotations to add new nuance, relevance, and perspective.

Annotated references can be from both within and outside the field, and should be united in the ways they inform museum practice. Contributors are encouraged to add works as they as they read to build Annolog as a resource for themselves and for the museology community at large.

Suggestions and comments are always welcome at [shana] at [u.washington.edu].