***Essential Workers: Self-Advocacy During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic***
During uncertain times, many institutions consider layoffs, furloughs, and face unprecedented closures. An institution’s senior leadership may not fully understand the importance of registrars and collections specialists. ARCS has released a document titled “Essential Worker: Self-Advocacy During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic” that gives guidance to those who may need to advocate for their goals. To view this guidance please visit the link below:
http://www.arcsinfo.org/content/documents/arcscovid19self-advocacyjune2020.pdf
***ARCS & C2C Care: Advocating for Collections During Challenging Times - June 10 at 2:00 p.m. ET***
Oftentimes when people think about advocacy, they envision meetings with the civic leaders or visits to Washington, D.C. While this type of external advocacy for cultural heritage institutions entities is essential, so too is having strong voices within cultural institutions. Internal advocacy can take many different forms, but it is crucial for staff at cultural institutions to be able to advocate to the board, administration, and other stakeholders to assure that resources are allocated to all areas of need. Raising awareness will ensure that collections needs are identified, understood, and addressed. Taking into consideration the current COVID-19 crisis, many museums, libraries, and archives will face budget shortfalls, but collections stewardships is still a core and essential function of these institutions.
In this webinar, co-sponsored by the Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists (ARCS) and Connecting to Collections Care (C2C Care), presenter Laura Hortz Stanton, Executive Director of the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA), will discuss how to utilize advocacy strategies to secure resources and funding for collections stewardship, preservation initiatives, and conservation treatment.
***Reminder To Complete Vibratory Impacts of Music and Transport on Museum Collections Questionnaire***
In recent years, museums and cultural heritage organizations around the world are taking note of the potential impact that vibrations from music can have on their collections. In addition, new questions are being raised about the potential impact of vibrations that objects experience during transport.
Scientists involved in the protection of collections are conducting research into these topics. To inform and focus this research, an International Research Group (consisting of eight leading museum professionals and engineers) has formed and designed this questionnaire. The purpose of this questionnaire is to collect objective information on the current experiences and practices of museums and cultural heritage organizations on vibrations caused by 1) music and 2) transport, with the goal of focusing ongoing research into these topics.
For further details and to complete the questionnaire please use the following link:
https://survey.vovici.com/se/7052282A06D8EA8E
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