MS207: Collections Management: Cataloging Your Collection (Only offered
once in 2012)
Instructor: Peggy Schaller
Dates: July 1 to July 26, 2013
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.
Each participant will write a mission statement, as well as collection
and acquisition policies for a "new" museum. The curriculum also
requires written commentary on museum missions, an accessioning exercise
and drafting a sample registration manual.
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 learn more about the
course, please go to
http://www.collectioncare.org/training/trol_classes_ms207.html If you
have trouble please contact Helen Alten at [log in to unmask]
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. For more information visit her web site Collections
Research for Museums
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Brad Bredehoft
Sales and Technology Manager
Northern States Conservation Center
www.collectioncare.org
www.museumclasses.org
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