9.03.2017
Challenges and Responses of University Museums under Squeezed Higher
Education: Resources, Network, Multifunction Platform, and
Initiator-Activity-Function Theory
高等教育受壓下大學博物館的挑戰與回應：資源、網絡、多功能平台、IAF理論
Jeng-Horng
CHEN 陳政宏
Director,
National Cheng Kung University Museum
(Assoc.
Prof. in Dept. of Systems and Naval Mechatronic Engineering)
國立成功大學博物館館長 (系統系副教授兼)
ABSTRACT
The competition among higher education institutes has become
severe in the last one to two decades. But the resources are not necessarily
increasing accordingly. Generally, eve for those who have rich resources, the
requirements and expectations to faculty and staff are even raised higher.
Hence, under this squeezed environment, the university administrators’
positioning and attitude toward their museums greatly affect museums’
development. Many university museums seek for various kinds of other resources
as a response to the lasting lack of human power and funding. A recent new
growing reaction is to organize museum networks, in order to share costs and
dusty for innovation. Taiwan’s first university museum alliance was initiated
in the end of 2016 and established in the middle of 2017. It will emphasize cooperation
and sharing for prosperity. NCKU Museum has been trying to extend the service
range by playing a multifunction platform, such that it can increase its
functions and influence within and outside campus. Moreover, a newly developed Initiator-Activity-(Extra) Function (IAF)
Theory is capturing these phenomena,
and may become a useful tool for innovation responding to challenges.
Keywords: university museum, museum
alliance/network, multifunction platform
摘要
近十餘年來國際間高等教育的競爭日趨激烈，而資源卻不一定相應適度增加。一般而言，即使資源豐沛者，對教職員生的要求與期待提高更多；因此處在受壓狀態下的學校行政當局，對大學博物館的態度與定位，影響其發展尤甚。許多大學博物館面對經費及人力長期不足的回應是尋求其他各種資源；但最近也有發展博物館網絡的嘗試，以分攤成本與分攤創新責任的作法，逐步擴大到各類博物館。台灣的第一個大學博物館聯盟於2016年底倡議，2017年中成立，將走向互助合作、分享共榮的方向。成大博物館近年則嘗試以多功能平台試圖擴大可服務範圍，提高校園內外的影響力與功能。除此之外，一個新發展中的發動者-活動-額外功能理論正試圖捕捉此現象，並可提供因應變局、創新的有利工具。
關鍵字：大學博物館、博物館聯盟/網絡、多功能平台
New Roles of University
Museums in Higher and Public Education—
