The Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of
Victoria on southern Vancouver Island is offering an eight-day
immersion course in May on approaches to the inventory and
evaluation of heritage and cultural resources. Please let us know if
you'd like to receive further information and registration materials:


INVENTORY AND EVALUATION OF HISTORIC RESOURCES
Inventory and evaluation of architectural, archaeological, and
landscape resources is essential in conservation planning and
resource management. This course examines methodologies for
evaluated inventories of a range of cultural resources including
buildings, districts, landscapes, and traditional use and archaeological
sites. Topics include:
        - planning the inventory
        - research methods
        - field survey techniques
        - principles of evaluation
        - scoring systems
        - relationship of inventory and evaluation to the resource management
process

Instructor: Dr. Hal Kalman is a consultant with extensive experience
in the inventory of heritage buildings and cultural resources.

Dates: May 7-16 (No classes on Saturday or Sunday)
Please register by: April 11
Fee: $589 (Canadian Funds)
Accommodation: Bed and breakfast accommodation is available
on-campus in residence at $36.95 plus tax (Contact Housing Services
at 250-721-8395)




COURSE OBJECTIVES AND PRELIMINARY OUTLINE
At the end of this course, participants will be knowledgable about:

- the role of the inventory and evaluation in historic resource management
-  the different kinds of inventories, as they relate to the type of
resource(s) being surveyed and the end-purposes of the inventory
-  the legal and planning requirements for inventories, and significant
inventory initiatives
-  methods of research and field survey work
- the theory and practice of evaluation
-  computer applications that assist inventory and evaluation work
- approaches to planning and conducting an evaluated
inventory


Day 1: The Role of the Inventory in Historic Resource Management
- Introductions by participants
- Principles of inventory and evaluation
- Types of historic resources
- Legal and planning requirements for inventories

Day 2: Types of Inventories
- Federal and provincial intiatives and programs
- Changing methodologies of inventories
- Examples of current inventories
- Information management: Computer applications

Day 3: Planning the Inventory
- Group assignments: Conducting an inventory
- Responding to historic resource management issues
- Creating an appropriate data structure and survey form

Day 4: Research and Survey Techniques
- Role of research
- Research sources and methods
- Fieldwork and field techniques
- Photography, mapping, GIS, GPS

Day 5: Principles of Evaluation
- Introduction to evaluation
- Alternative approaches to the evaluation of historic resources
- Evaluation and scoring systems
- Defining criteria

Day 6: Fieldwork
- Independent fieldwork
- Individual consultation with instructor

Day 7: Evaluating the Resources
- Completion of the assigned inventories
- Evaluation of resources

Day 8: Presentation of Participant Work
- Presentation of inventories and evaluations
- Application to historic resource management issues


Please note:  Participants who have laptop computers are encouraged
to bring  them; any database, spreadsheet, or sophisticated
wordprocessing software can be used. Those without laptops
will be provided with opportunities to use computers at the
University of Victoria labs. Participants are also encouraged
to bring a camera and film.

Joy Davis, Program Director
Cultural Resource Management Program
University of Victoria
Phone 604-721-8462
FAX 604-721-8774
email  [log in to unmask]

For detailed Program information, please visit our Web Site at
http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/