For those who are working on an
inventory project or interested in improving their numbering
technique, MS208: Applying Numbers to Collections Objects starts
online next Monday. There are still spaces available in the
course.
MS208: Applying Numbers to Collection Objects: Materials
and Methods of Object Numbering
Instructor: Helen Alten
Price: $475 (includes labeling kit)
Dates: Jan 24 to Feb 18, 2011
Location: online at www.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
For more
information:
http://www.collectioncare.org/training/trol_classes_ms208.html