We are pleased to be offering an eight-day immersion
course on 'Information Management in Heritage Organizations'
for museum and heritage professionals, from January 18-27
through the Cultural Resource Management Program at the
University of Victoria. The course has the following
description and outline:
 
 
ooo  Information Management in Heritage Organizations
Museums and other heritage organizations hold a wealth
of fascinating information that gives meaning to collections,
programs and management activities. This course explores
the central role and benefits of effective, integrated
information management, and helps you analyze your
needs and develop computer-based management and
communications systems that will serve your institution
in the future. Topics include:
o information as a heritage resource
o analyzing information management objectives and
needs in a variety of areas, including collections
documentation, research, programming,
financial and human resource management, marketing,
and membership and volunteer coordination;
o steps involved in planning and designing integrated
computer systems
o resources and networks to support information management
o information management trends and developing technologies
o ethical and management issues
 
Dates: January 18-27
Early Registration Deadline: January 3
Instructor: James Blackaby, a collections and information systems
consultant, based in Washington, D.C., has extensive experience in the
design and development of information systems for museums across the
continent.
Fee: $582.20 (Canadian Funds)
 
COURSE OUTLINE:
 
Wednesday, January 18  - INTRODUCTIONS  AND COURSE OVERVIEW
Participants' Introductions and Presentations
A History of Museum Information Systems
Tools of the Trade -- The State of Museum Information Technology
The ICOM-CIDOC Data Model
 
Thursday, January 19  -  OBJECTS/BASIC ELEMENTS
Collections Cataloguing Overview
The Common Agenda for History Museums Project
The Art Information Task Force Recommended Data Fields
The ICOM-CIDOC minimum data standard
CHIN data elements
 
Friday, January 20    PEOPLE AND PLACES
People and Organizations
--Maintaining information about historic people
--Linking people
--Other people
--Collections management
--Patrons
Introduction to places
--Maps as information organizers
--Sophisticated approaches to places
-- GIS
Historic Structures as places and objects
 
Monday, January 23  -  EVENTS AND CONCEPTS
 Historical Events
Collections Management Events
Museum Concepts and Standards
--Nomenclature and Related Tools
--The Art & Architecture Thesaurus
--Other Classifying Schemes & Tools
 
Tuesday, January 24  -  OBJECTS II/SPECIAL CASES
Libraries and Archives
Photo Archives
Objects with special characteristics
--Historic Structures
--Maritime Museums
 
Wednesday, January 25 -  GETTING THE WORD OUT
Tools & Technology
Information sharing formats (CHIN, MARC, SGML, etc.)
Surfing & Snorkeling the Internet
 
Thursday, January 26  -  IMAGING, APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE TRENDS
Getting the (big) picture
Possibilities of Multimedia
Software Review -- systems and applications
 
Friday, January 27  -  INTEGRATING INFORMATION; CONCLUSION
        Strategies for moving towards an integrated system
        Thoughts on funding
        Participants' Final Presentations
 
 
Please let me know if you would like to receive registration
materials. I will be in the office until Friday, December 23, and then
off for the Christmas Break, returning on January 3.
 
Joy Davis
Cultural Resource Management Program
University of Victoria
604-721-8462
FAx 604-721-8774
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