Independent Learning Independent Campus (MBKM) was launched by the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Research and Technology to support the readiness of students to face challenges in the world of work by applying active learning. Documentary institutions in universities, namely libraries, archives, and museums, should become strategic partners in supporting the MBKM program because the documentary institution has all the necessary conditions, facilities, and infrastructure to succeed MBKM program. This study aimed to determine the readiness of documentary institutions in the university environment to exploit the opportunities and challenges and what obstacles they encountered. This study used the qualitative method and in-depth interviews for data collection and a literature study. The researcher concludes that the biggest challenges facing documentary institutions are regulation and the readiness of human resources. Due to this, changes to regulations and educational curricula and the introduction of new documentation of pure science are priorities in improving professional education providers in library science, archives, and museology.

During the pandemic, museums in the world began to move to expand their role in social interaction. Referring to the proposed new museum definition from ICOM which is still being discussed, museums are expected to contribute to the health and well-being sector. Currently, all museums in the world are changing the way they work by using technology and carrying out all activities remotely by utilizing various applications to stay connected with their visitors. What about the condition of museums in Indonesia? how museums in Indonesia carry out their role as direct actors of social development beyond their educational role? Are museums in Indonesia more proactive in improving society lives with special consideration for marginalized groups, like a senior adult, disabled person, special need, people with dementia, schizophrenia, or people with mental health? How museums in Indonesia use technology to communicate with their users? Researchers use qualitative studies and virtual ethnographic methods to explore museums that use social media. The results of the study show that most of the museums in Indonesia are not aware of their role to contribute to the quality of urban life, especially during the pandemic. And museum communication skills in the pandemic era must be expanded through the use of the internet while still paying attention to the ethics and limitations that apply to each type of collection owned.

The idea of establishing university museum in Indonesia had already occurred when the Javanese School of Medicine (Sekolah Dokter Djawa) was established in 1849. Sekolah Dokter Djawa which later was transformed to School tot Opleiding voor Indisch Artsen (STOVIA) was the forerunner of Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia where the learning and research materials for the first time started to be collected, recorded, maintained and used for medical and medicine sector. Such function is carried out by university museum as the university's supporting department in achieving its vision and mission in education, research and community service. Up to the present, there has never been a study on the existence of university museums in Indonesia. The objectives of this study were to collect the basic information on university museum in Indonesia and to analyze the information within the perspective of communication. The study used explorative qualitative approach and data collection was carried out through literature study, active observation on participants and in-depth interviews with museum managers. The result of the research indicated the importance of communication science use in museology in enhancing communication practices in museums, particularly university museums.

Social media is source of information during a pandemic. Using virtual ethnography methods and cyber media analysis, this article tries to trace digital cultural artifacts on IMERI iMuseum’s Instagram posts. Digital cultural artifacts that emerged were then analyzed using Buckland's concept of physical, mental and social dimensions of document. The results of the analysis show that cultural artifacts in iMuseum’s IG posts have document dimensions, seen from the physical, mental and social aspects and even a combination of dimensions. In the context of infodemic, through its social media, iMuseum seeks to carry out its role in disseminating information on health, outbreaks, Covid-19, healthy lifestyles and correcting misinformation about Covid-19 during the pandemic.

Convergence occurs due to the storage of various knowledge sources in digital form. Unfortunately, in Indonesia, convergence has not yet become an option in providing knowledge services to the broader community on a massive scale. Although practitioners of documentary institutions have discussed this term frequently, they have not discussed how to carry out inter-institutional convergence. Convergence between documentary institutions is a common solution to improve accessibility, which is one way to increase the role of documentary institutions in the utilization and preservation of the nation's collective memory. In the digital era, convergence must be interpreted broadly, not just as a physical union but more on the unification of function, substance, and communication. Communication problems are indeed the main problem hindering GLAMS convergence in Indonesia. This paper describes the convergence of documentary institutions from a communication perspective and motivates to build a more open communication pattern between documentary institutions. The dominant problem that hinders GLAMS convergence in Indonesia lies in communication issues