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*There is still space available in the *Applying Numbers to Collections
Objects* online class offered by Northern States Conservation Center
that starts on Monday.
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MS 208: Applying Numbers to Collection Objects: Materials and Methods of
Object Numbering*
*Instructor:* Helen Alten
*Dates:* Aug. 2 through Aug. 27, 2010
*Price:* $475
*Location:* online at museumclasses.org
***Description:*
Applying Numbers to Collection Objects covers the materials and methods
of object numbering: registration, handling, labeling and marking,
number placement, documentation, health and safety, transponders and
barcodes, surface marks, inks, paints and barrier coats. Each
participant receives a Northern States Conservation Center collections
labeling kit and performs experiments using its contents. Participants
learn to determine what pen, ink, barrier coat or tag is appropriate for
each object and storage or display situation.
*Course Outline:*
1. Introduction
2. Basic Concepts
3. Associating Numbers and Objects
4. Applying Numbers to Objects: Barrier Coats and Direct Surface Marking
5. Tools of Numbering
6. Recommended Numbering Procedures for Specific Objects
7. Conclusion
*Logistics:*
Participants in Applying Numbers to Collection Objects work through
seven sections at their own pace. Instructor Helen Alten will be
available at scheduled times for email support. Participants work
individually and interact through forums and online chats. Materials
include PowerPoint lectures, readings, lecture notes and a collections
labeling kit with sample materials. Additional resources include
projects, quizzes and links to relevant web sites.
Applying Numbers to Collection Objects runs four weeks. To reserve a
spot in the course, please pay at
http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have trouble please
contact Helen Alten at [log in to unmask]
*Student Comments for MS208: Applying Numbers to Collection Objects:*
All in all, I learned more than I thought I would. I and my colleagues
are eager to have the handouts in a binder for immediate and future
reference.
I loved the practical assignments. I loved the feedback from Helen. And
I loved the live chat sessions.
The organization of the course was excellent - readings were
well-constructed and well-placed within the greater course context ... I
was pleased that we had homework where we were expected to apply some of
the concepts we'd read about.
I liked the ability to receive instruction without having to leave my
office or go out of town.
I was able to learn so much about numbering museum items that I did not
know. I had tried to do research on the Internet and had found some
things, but nothing like what we covered through the course.
*The Instructor:*
*Helen Alten*, is the Director of Northern States Conservation Center
and its chief Objects Conservator. For nearly 30 years she has been
involved in objects conservation, starting as a pre-program intern at
the Oriental Institute in Chicago and the University Museum of the
University of Pennsylvania. She completed a degree in Archaeological
Conservation and Materials Science from the Institute of Archaeology at
the University of London in England. She has built and run conservation
laboratories in Bulgaria, Montana, Greece, Alaska and Minnesota. She has
a broad understanding of three-dimensional materials and their
deterioration, wrote and edited the quarterly Collections Caretaker,
maintains the popular www.collectioncare.org web site, lectures
throughout the United States on collection care topics, was instrumental
in developing a state-wide protocol for disaster response in small
Minnesota museums, has written, received and reviewed grants for NEH and
IMLS, worked with local foundations funding one of her pilot programs,
and is always in search of the perfect museum mannequin. She has
published chapters on conservation and deterioration of archeological
glass with the Materials Research Society and the York Archaeological
Trust, four chapters on different mannequin construction techniques in
Museum Mannequins: A Guide for Creating the Perfect Fit (2002),
preservation planning, policies, forms and procedures needed for a small
museum in The Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums' Collection
Initiative Manual, and is co-editor of the penultimate book on numbering
museum collections (still in process) by the Gilcrease Museum in
Oklahoma. Helen Alten has been a Field Education Director, Conservator,
and staff trainer. She began working with people from small, rural, and
tribal museums while as the state conservator for Montana and Alaska.
Helen currently conducts conservation treatments and operates a
conservation center in Charleston, WV and St. Paul, MN.
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