Merit criteria for curation at Natural History Museum Denmark

Guidelines for recognising merit of curation for academic staff at the Natural History Museum Denmark

 

Assistant professors

 Assistant professors provide curatorial expertise and take active part in curatorial activities

  • Is a scientific specialist in one of the areas that are curated.
  • Has some curatorial experience.
  • Develop, maintains and improves collections under their responsibility and direct all intellectual aspects of these collections.
  • Show interest in national and international museum collaborations through organizations and programs.
  • Fund-raising for digitization and collection development.

 

Associate Professors

Associate professors provide curatorial expertise and take active part in curatorial activities

  • Is a scientific specialist in one of the areas that are curated.
  • Has considerable curatorial experience that is well evaluated.
  • Significant curatorial impact documented by improved collections and development of collections.
  • Initiatives to make the collections of use to the broader public.
  • Take active part in national and international museum collaborations through organizations and programs.
  • Documented grants for digitization and collection development.

  

Professors

Professors provide curatorial expertise and take active part in curatorial activities

  • Is a scientific specialist in one of the areas that are curated.
  • Has considerable curatorial experience that is well evaluated.
  • Significant curatorial impact documented by improved collections and development of collections.
  • Initiatives to make the collections of use to the broader public.
  • Leading roles in national and international museum collaborations through organizations and programs.
  • Documented grants for digitization and collection development at a broader scale (e.g., museum-wide, nation-wide).