Yes, I think so.  Although many of us who work in museums where such
courses would be useful don't work with collections that are easily
divided into the categories you list.  Our collections are primarily
cultural, although we do have a natural history collection of about 3500
items.  An online course that would help me manage and use our natural
history items would be assessed by me and by my supervisor for its
applicability to all of the natural history collection, not just the
minerals, or the birds, etc.

Lindsey Richardson
Curator of Collections
Boston Children's Museum
300 Congress Street
Boston, MA  02210
Tel. 617 426 6500 x366
Fax 617 426 1944
www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org
 

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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Collections Care OnLine Workshops?

We are talking with our e-Education Institute about creating online 
collections care workshops for museum professionals as part of their 
Open Educational Resource Initiative. Each "workshop" would address the 
care and use of specific types of collections, e.g.,  mineral 
collections, osteology collections, vertebrate fossil collections, etc. 
These virtual workshops would not replace onsite or hand's on workshops,

training, or museum studies courses but could be useful to museums and 
museum personnel who may not have time or budgets for, or access to 
other forms of continuing education.

The question is: is there an interest in this type of professional 
development?

Thank you.
Julianne

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Julianne Snider
Assistant Director
Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery
The Pennsylvania State University
112 Steidle Bldg.
University Park PA 16802
814-571-6317

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