Kelsey,

Everyone has given you solid advice thus far. If you find you need some
additional guidance, you might want to check out the Sustaining Places web
site produced by the University of Delaware's museum studies program.
Sustaining Places was established to provide budget-friendly resources for
small museums and historic sites.

https://sustainingplaces.com

Some tabs to check out might be: Read-->Collections; Curatorial Tips;
Watch--> PowerPoints/Two-Minute Techniques/Project Videos; and SWAT Team
for some blogs on how we tackled collections management tasks in a short
amount of time. Some of these resources also include references to
collections management books, but a lot is free and online.

In addition, I recently looked through the new book by Angela Kipp called
_Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections_. You might find her tips on
deciding what to do first particularly useful.

Best of luck!

Sincerely,
Nicole Belolan
University of Delaware


> From: Kelsey Perrigo
> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2016 12:49 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Advice for a new collections manager in a small museum?
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>
> Hello everyone! I recently became the Collections Manager for a small
> museum. I have museum collections experience but this is my first time as
> collections manager and want to do the job correctly. The museum,
> thankfully, is in a newer building and the collections are relatively well
> cared for.
>
>
> What would you say are some of your first priorities when you begin a job
> as a collections manager?
>
>
> Also, the vast majority of our collections have strange accession numbers
> (i.e. P-287) and I was curious if that is something I should consider
> addressing immediately or if that is something to tackle at a later date.
> At the moment, everything is easily found in PastPerfect.
>
>
> Thanks!
> Kelsey
>
>
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