Museums, and museum professionals engage in a significant role within society. This poster visually represents new work within museum informatics: a qualitative exploratory study of the ways in which museum professionals promote or hinder the social inclusivity of a museum through curatorial voice. Through a series of exhibit evaluations and intensive interviews, I investigated the mechanisms used to craft curatorial voice within museums handling contested subject material. This research seeks to broaden the understanding of curatorial voice, as viewed through the theoretical lenses of gatekeeper theory and co-creation of identity, with the explicit purpose of aiding in the development of professional guidance to help make museums more socially inclusive. Preliminary analysis, aided by the curator participants, suggests that are multiple vantage points for viewing the socially inclusive role of curatorial voice, the co-construction of identity, and the gatekeeping mechanisms at play within museums.

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As editors of an international journal of museum practice and culture, we condemn the actions of Russia, the Russian army, and all individuals in that country who are aware of the war but refuse to thwart the terrorist attacks on the Ukrainian people and their culture. We consider the 2022 Russian assault to be a war crime being conducted in the name of the Russian people. Silence is complicity. Silence will be remembered.At this writing, Ukraine is in the midst of defending itself against an illegal Russian invasion and unprovoked attacks by the Russian Army initiated by its President, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. The world is witnessing war crimes, the murder of innocent civilians in their own homes, attacks on UNESCO world heritage sites, religious buildings, hospitals, kindergartens, and nuclear power plants. Three decades after Ukrainians shed the yoke of an oppressive Moscow dictatorship, they are now at risk of once again losing their lives, culture, and independence at the hands of yet another Russian dictator. The actions of Russia again the Ukrainian people recall the darkest days of World War II. Those destroying Ukraine's material culture are in clear violation of the 1954 Hague Convention of the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, the preamble of which reads, "any damage to cultural property, irrespective of the people it belongs to, is a damage to the cultural heritage of all humanity because every people contribute to the world's culture." ("The 1954 Hague Convention of the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and Its Protocols," n.d.).On March 10th, 2022, our publisher, Wiley, issued a public condemnation of Russia's unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine and the violent actions against its citizens. The publisher pledged $1 million USD to The International Rescue Committee, UNICEF, and other humanitarian organizations to provide aid to those impacted by the crisis. The publisher is mobilizing colleagues in Europe to help

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The convergence of libraries, archives, and museums (LAM) presents critical challenges to professional education. This panel introduces early results of a survey that explores the formal and informal relationships among LIS, archival studies, and museum studies programs. These results will serve as a starting point for a discussion about the qualitative dimensions of these relationships and how they present opportunities and challenges for students, faculty, and the field of LAM education.