Friends: May I draw your attention to Museums Methods and other 
publications that we use in Australia. See the web site for further 
information:

http://www.museumsaustralia.org.au/hottopics.htm

Prices are of course in Australian dollars.
Regards
Desmond Kennard

Micki Ryan wrote:

>Jerrie:
>You are correct that many, many historical museums depend on the volunteer
>hands of good hearted people with little formal training who want to handle
>the items entrusted to them correctly. I am essentially retired from museum
>work, and for several years have offered a workshop series specifically
>prepared for volunteer collections personnel who otherwise do not have
>access to training. It includes trustee responsibilities, legal
>requirements, conservation and collections management objectives, two
>reference notebooks, and sessions of hands-on processing of your own
>three-dimensional objects, manuscript materials, photographs, leather and
>textiles, book collections and original art. I assist historical societies
>and museums in the development of collections policies and procedures,
>including deaccessioning and photo use policies.  Many of my workshops have
>been attended by people who own and care for historical family collections,
>and most of the museum volunteers are post-retirement age. I will be happy
>to respond to you off-line as well, with a resume, if you would provide a
>direct e-mail address. I would be pleased to have a place on your list of
>potential workshop leaders.  I have never offered an on-line workshop,
>because I believe that hands-on demonstration and immediate observation and
>follow-up are crucial to teaching volunteers of the age you describe.
>
>Micki Ryan
>Museum & Archival Services
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
>Behalf Of Jerrie Clarke
>Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 1:02 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Best book for Museum Studies???/Training for volunteer
>museum staff
>
>
>Utah, like many other states I'm sure, is full of
>small volunteer-run, local history museums.  A group
>of us are looking at a training course for these
>people who, because of age (we're talking 70s and 80s)
>or economics are not able to return to school or are
>not interested in a masters degree but want to do the
>right thing for their artifacts and historic cabins
>and homes.  I've been asked to find some Internet
>resources that would be useful to these people and/or
>professionals who would present workshops for these
>people.  I've found some very good leads for
>bibliographies and Internet sites by watching this
>thread.  Thank you for answering on-line.  And,
>Christopher, thank you for asking the question.  You
>just never know when your question will be answered
>even before you ask it.
>
>Jerrie
>
>Jerrie Clarke
>Contract Curator
>Salt Lake City, Utah
>
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