There is still space available in the Cataloging Your
Collection course that begins on Monday, July 5. This is
the only time the course will run in 2010.
MS207: Collections Management: Cataloging Your Collection
Dates: July 5 through 30, 2010
Price: $475
Instructor: Peggy Schaller
Location: Online at www.museumclasses.org
Description:
Cataloging may not be the most exciting museum task, but it
is among the most important. Without a clear knowledge of
your holdings, you can't protect, care for, research or
exhibit them. Without knowledge of an item's history, you
can't properly appreciate its value to your museum.
Cataloging Your Collection covers all details needed to
catalog a collection. Procedures for handling, measuring
and describing all types of objects and materials are
discussed in detail. Participants receive sample forms and
learn the best practices for numbering artifacts,
performing inventory and assessing the condition of
objects. Participants practice describing everyday objects
and cataloging items from their own collections or
households.
Course Outline:
1. Introduction: Policy and Mission
2. Cataloging: Why Do We Catalog Our Artifacts?
3. Forms
4. Numbering
5. Handling
6. Conservation and Storage
7. Inventories
8. Cataloging
9. Considerations for Specific Objects
10. Summary
Logistics:
Participants in Cataloging Your Collection set their own
pace while working through 10 sections. Instructor Peggy
Schaller will be available at scheduled times for email
support. Participants interact through forums and scheduled
online chats. Materials include online readings and lecture
notes, as well as handouts, slide lectures, projects and
links to relevant web sites. The course is limited to 20
participants.
Cataloging Your Collection 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
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Student Comments for MS207 Cataloging Your Collection:
I'd give it a 10 out of 10.
I liked the convenience, I liked the chats, I liked the
reading material, I liked that there were people from all
over the country enrolled.
The technology made sense ? It was scary at first, but
really was very simple.
The Instructor:
Peggy Schaller, founded Collections Research for Museums in
1991 to provide cataloging, collection-management training
and services. She has worked with a large variety of
museums and collections for more than 18 years. Peggy, who
lives in Denver, Colorado, has a bachelor's degree in
anthropology with minors in art history and geology from
the University of Arizona in Tucson. She has a master's
degree in anthropology with a minor in museum studies from
the University of Colorado in Boulder and is a Certified
Institutional Protection Manager II. She provides workshops
and project services to museums and historical societies
all across the country. The mission of Collections Research
for Museums is to inspire museums to improve their
professional standards, collections stewardship and service
to their constituency through training in, and assistance
with, documenting, preserving, protecting and managing
their collections.
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