21st February 2014, 02:01 PM
I all comes down to make yourself relevant.
When I asked recently if anyone cared about a 10th century fish bone assemblage from a site in London. I provided the answer. nobody apart from the person who dug it, the specialist who examined it and the.....ah... 2 then.
I can ( and often is) be made relevant and open and accessible ( does not always mean it will be) and we have to sell ourselves - not as sullen faced "pros" behind a fence, who are too busy to talk to the public. but as serious, approachable, providing a service, appreciated for what we do for the public.
just saying
When I asked recently if anyone cared about a 10th century fish bone assemblage from a site in London. I provided the answer. nobody apart from the person who dug it, the specialist who examined it and the.....ah... 2 then.
I can ( and often is) be made relevant and open and accessible ( does not always mean it will be) and we have to sell ourselves - not as sullen faced "pros" behind a fence, who are too busy to talk to the public. but as serious, approachable, providing a service, appreciated for what we do for the public.
just saying