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

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