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Collection Management in the Cloud

Author : Kayla Kipps
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538151901
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Collection Management in the Cloud written by Kayla Kipps and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-03-11 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As remote work has become routine, cloud-based technology tools have become increasingly necessary to communicate with other library staff and with faculty and staff to continue providing seamless and uninterrupted access to library resources and collections for our campus community. Cloud-based technology tools such as Google Forms and Google Sheets are used to gather faculty requests for collection development, tools such as Tableau are used to illustrate material budget balances, and platforms such as Trello have been adopted to track subscription renewal cycles and manage other projects. This guide discusses the benefits of using these powerful cloud-based and little to no additional cost technology tools through the lens of a particular area in librarianship such as documentation, data and project management, communication, data storage, and data visualization. While the real-world examples provided throughout focus on technical services staff operations, specifically acquisitions and electronic collection management, each tool’s features and use cases are transferable among all areas of librarianship. This guide provides insights into how collaborative, dynamic, and accessible these cloud-based solutions are for a technologically shifting workplace as well as considers the challenges to adopting cloud-based solutions such as administrative buy-in, aversion to change, and steeper learning curves as well. Readers will gain practical experiential examples that have been instrumental in creating efficiencies in collection management workflows for technical services staff. The use cases illustrated exemplify enhancements that librarians can incorporate into their own collection management practices to further engage with their colleagues, their patrons, and their larger communities more effectively and efficiently.

Things Great and Small

Author : John E. Simmons
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781442277441
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (774 download)

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Download or read book Things Great and Small written by John E. Simmons and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2018 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition of Things Great and Small is a comprehensive resource for preparing and applying collections management policies. Simmons reviews current ideas and literature on the subject, highlights the issues that collections management policies should address, and explains the pros and cons of choosing some policy options over others.

Computer-Based Archaeological Collection Management

Author : James Patton Jones
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1411639286
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Computer-Based Archaeological Collection Management written by James Patton Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a second edition of the author's Bachalor's Degree thesis, the re-publication of which was prompted by the realization that the original version had been downloaded from the author's website over 700 times in the past ten years. The purpose of this second edition is to include new, updated information on the described archaeological data management project, as well as to provide project status after ten years of use by hundreds of students at Santa Clara University.

Collections Management

Author : Anne Fahy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134830513
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Collections Management written by Anne Fahy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collections Management brings together leading papers exploring some of the major issues affecting collections management. Providing information about initiatives and issues for anyone involved in collections management, Fahy identifies the main issues relating to collecting and disposal of collections and discusses why museums should develop appropriate documentation systems. Examining the status of research within museums, the various sources of advice relating to security and addresses the basics of insurance and indemnity, Collections Management is an invaluable and very practical introduction to this topic for students of museum studies and museum professionals.

Collection Conundrums

Author : Rebecca A. Buck
Publisher : Rlpg/Galleys
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collection Conundrums written by Rebecca A. Buck and published by Rlpg/Galleys. This book was released on 2007 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection Conundrums: Solving Museum Registration Mysteries provides guidelines for investigating the oddities found in every museum collection - objects without record, identification or sometimes even a location - and determining what to do. Written by registrars Rebecca Buck and Jean A. Gilmore, editors of the best-selling The New Museum Registration Methods, this new volume contains essential information for museums large and small, new and old. The text offers solutions to the problems of old loans, undocumented objects found in collections, items lost in inventory, supplementary collections and more, as well as guidelines on how to keep problems from occurring in the first place. Features a history of registration methods and the standards for collection documentation and care, along with sample documents such as loan agreements, co-tenancy agreements, storage agreements and deed of gift. Recommended for everyone involved in collections planning and management.

Deaccessioning and Its Discontents

Author : Martin Gammon
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262037580
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Deaccessioning and Its Discontents written by Martin Gammon and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first history of the deaccession of objects from museum collections that defends deaccession as an essential component of museum practice. Museums often stir controversy when they deaccession works—formally remove objects from permanent collections—with some critics accusing them of betraying civic virtue and the public trust. In fact, Martin Gammon argues in Deaccessioning and Its Discontents, deaccession has been an essential component of the museum experiment for centuries. Gammon offers the first critical history of deaccessioning by museums from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century, and exposes the hyperbolic extremes of “deaccession denial”—the assumption that deaccession is always wrong—and “deaccession apology”—when museums justify deaccession by finding some fault in the object—as symptoms of the same misunderstanding of the role of deaccessions in proper museum practice. He chronicles a series of deaccession events in Britain and the United States that range from the disastrous to the beneficial, and proposes a typology of principles to guide future deaccessions. Gammon describes the liquidation of the British Royal Collections after Charles I's execution—when masterworks were used as barter to pay the king's unpaid bills—as establishing a precedent for future deaccessions. He recounts, among other episodes, U.S. Civil War veterans who tried to reclaim their severed limbs from museum displays; the 1972 “Hoving affair,” when the Metropolitan Museum of Art sold a number of works to pay for a Velázquez portrait; and Brandeis University's decision (later reversed) to close its Rose Art Museum and sell its entire collection of contemporary art. An appendix provides the first extensive listing of notable deaccessions since the seventeenth century. Gammon ultimately argues that vibrant museums must evolve, embracing change, loss, and reinvention.

Recoding the Museum

Author : Ross Parry
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134259670
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Recoding the Museum written by Ross Parry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-11-19 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through an historical approach, Ross Parry excavates cultural assumptions and values that provide the basis of museum information management and display, and that are still used to this day.

Museums and Digital Culture

Author : Tula Giannini
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319974572
Total Pages : 589 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Museums and Digital Culture written by Tula Giannini and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-06 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how digital culture is transforming museums in the 21st century. Offering a corpus of new evidence for readers to explore, the authors trace the digital evolution of the museum and that of their audiences, now fully immersed in digital life, from the Internet to home and work. In a world where life in code and digits has redefined human information behavior and dominates daily activity and communication, ubiquitous use of digital tools and technology is radically changing the social contexts and purposes of museum exhibitions and collections, the work of museum professionals and the expectations of visitors, real and virtual. Moving beyond their walls, with local and global communities, museums are evolving into highly dynamic, socially aware and relevant institutions as their connections to the global digital ecosystem are strengthened. As they adopt a visitor-centered model and design visitor experiences, their priorities shift to engage audiences, convey digital collections, and tell stories through exhibitions. This is all part of crafting a dynamic and innovative museum identity of the future, made whole by seamless integration with digital culture, digital thinking, aesthetics, seeing and hearing, where visitors are welcomed participants. The international and interdisciplinary chapter contributors include digital artists, academics, and museum professionals. In themed parts the chapters present varied evidence-based research and case studies on museum theory, philosophy, collections, exhibitions, libraries, digital art and digital future, to bring new insights and perspectives, designed to inspire readers. Enjoy the journey!

Museum Registration Methods

Author : Rebecca A. Buck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780838911228
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Museum Registration Methods written by Rebecca A. Buck and published by . This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rewritten, expanded and fully updated, MRM5 encompasses all that needs to be known and done when a museum accessions, measures, marks, moves, and displays or stores an object/artifact of any kind. MRM5 includes expert advice from more than 60 acknowledged leaders in their disciplines. New with the 5th edition are special teaching sections that challenge students and seasoned staff alike with questions about the process and procedures of accessioning and caring for objects.

Managing Image Collections

Author : Margot Note
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1780630565
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Managing Image Collections written by Margot Note and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-02-03 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores issues surrounding all aspects of visual collection management, taken from real-world experience in creating management systems and digitizing core content. Readers will gain the knowledge to manage the digitization process from beginning to end, assess and define the needs of their particular project, and evaluate digitization options. Additionally, they will select strategies which best meet current and future needs, acquire the knowledge to select the best images for digitization, and understand the legal issues surrounding digitization of visual collections. - Offers practical information for the busy information professional - Concentrates solely on image management - Focuses on unique needs of born digital and digitized images

The International Handbooks of Museum Studies

Author : Andrea Witcomb
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9781118829059
Total Pages : 3200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The International Handbooks of Museum Studies written by Andrea Witcomb and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 3200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Handbooks of Museum Studies bring together original essays by a global team of experts to provide a state–of–the–art survey of the field of museum studies. Creates an authoritative, multi–volume reference, offering unprecedented depth of coverage and breadth of scholarship in this interdisciplinary field Accessibly structured into four thematic volumes exploring all aspects of museum theory, practice, media and controversies, and the impact of new technologies Includes a treasure–trove of examples and original case studies to illuminate the various perspectives represented Features original essays by an international team of contributors, including leading academics and practitioners, as well as up–and–coming names in the field Provides an indispensable resource for the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in contemporary society Available online or as a four–volume print set; visit www.museumstudieshandbooks.com for more information

A Report to the Legislature on Museum Collections Management

Author : California. Department of Parks and Recreation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book A Report to the Legislature on Museum Collections Management written by California. Department of Parks and Recreation and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections

Author : Angela Kipp
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442263490
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections written by Angela Kipp and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing previously unmanaged collections can be challenging. The process of securing the collection and making it accessible needs the mindset of a collections manager as well as the one of a project manager. The target audience are museum professionals with a basic training in collections care that are confronted with collections that are either large in numbers (1000+ artifacts) or stored confusingly, or both. The book is a step-by-step guide how to approach this situation, assuming that there's nothing to start with but a collection that has to be accessioned and the person who is assigned to do it. It is about how to bring order into the chaos, to define what is needed in terms of time, money, staff and material, to spot facility issues and potential dangers, and to use the power of networking to solve an otherwise unsolvable task. Many chapters conclude with “logical exits,” the points at which the collection in a condition that allows you to leave it for the next curator to take over. A common issue is that time frames are often so tight that the target of having the collection in good shape at the end of a contract or at a fixed date can’t be met. Another common scenario may be that other projects become more important and you have to stop working on the collection, which might sound familiar to many directors of small museums. “Logical exits” are the points you can do this without risking that everything you’ve done so far or since the last “logical exit” was a waste of time. For contractors those “logical exits” might serve as orientation points when negotiating the work that has to be done on the collection.

Significance 2.0

Author : Roslyn Russell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780977544363
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Significance 2.0 written by Roslyn Russell and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The way Australians think and live is captured in our collections. These collections reflect Australians’ lives in myriad areas at different times in our development—they provide insights into our unique national spirit and values, and contribute to our ability to solve new problems in distinctively Australian ways. Just as Australians are spread across a vast land, so our collections are distributed across the nation. Understandably, many different ways have been created to identify and care for our collections, in response to their type, location, or available resources. Whether located in the country or the city, significant collections occur throughout Australia—often in surprising places. 'Significance 2.0: a guide to assessing the significance of collections' builds on the solid foundation laid by the first edition of Significance (2001) in defining an adaptable method for determining significance across all collections in Australia. Those who have been guided by this ‘significance method’ since 2001 report that this has translated into better decision-making about their collections in areas like preservation, physical and digital access, and funding support." - foreword.

Museums in a Digital Age

Author : Ross Parry
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135666318
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Museums in a Digital Age written by Ross Parry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influence of digital media on the cultural heritage sector has been pervasive and profound. Today museums are reliant on new technology to manage their collections. They collect digital as well as material things. New media is embedded within their exhibition spaces. And their activity online is as important as their physical presence on site. However, ‘digital heritage’ (as an area of practice and as a subject of study) does not exist in one single place. Its evidence base is complex, diverse and distributed, and its content is available through multiple channels, on varied media, in myriad locations, and different genres of writing. It is this diaspora of material and practice that this Reader is intended to address. With over forty chapters (by some fifty authors and co-authors), from around the world, spanning over twenty years of museum practice and research, this volume acts as an aggregator drawing selectively from a notoriously distributed network of content. Divided into seven parts (on information, space, access, interpretation, objects, production and futures), the book presents a series of cross-sections through the body of digital heritage literature, each revealing how a different aspect of curatorship and museum provision has been informed, shaped or challenged by computing. Museums in a Digital Age is a provocative and inspiring guide for any student or practitioner of digital heritage.

Collection Care

Author : Brent Powell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442238836
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Collection Care written by Brent Powell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection Care: An Illustrated Handbook for the Care and Handling of Cultural Objects provides a solid overview of basic collection care procedures and policies. The topics covered address the decision making criteria and risk assessment solutions involved in the best practices for handling art and artifacts. Technical subjects will cover proven techniques, materials, equipment and address problem solving assessment and current solutions. The comprehensive overview of staff responsibilities, relationships and training will bring the book to a conclusion of addressing the unison of all professionals responsible for proper handling and caring for collections. Highlights include: This book provides both visual and narrative descriptions of current best practices for caring for collection objects. Emphasis is placed on risk assessment in the decision-making process with proven, accepted technical methods and materials. Detailed coverage of technical methods and methodologies for principles of proper handling, transport, and storage or two and three dimensional objects. Chapters will cover the institutional structure for managing, hiring, training both full and part time staff responsible for safely handling and caring of collection objects. 100 photographs, figures, and charts provide overall directions for collection care, preventive maintenance, and proper handling of objects.

Collections Vol 6 N3

Author : Collections
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442267747
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Collections Vol 6 N3 written by Collections and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-02-16 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Letter from the Editor Juilee Decker Articles Collections Online: An Archival Approach to Digitization and Web Accessibility at the Archives of American Art Karen B. Weiss Imagining an Indigital Interface: Ara Irititja Indigenizes the Technologies of Knowledge Management Sabra Thorner Museums, Do You Copy? Standards on the Care and Handling of Facsimiles Exhibited in Museums Jocelyn Park Managing the Commonwealth Block Archaeological Assemblage: an Australian Case Study Charlotte H.F. Smith and Sarah Hayes Notes from the Archive: Epistolary Collecting in the University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Haidy Geismar Collecting Experiences: The Very Idea Miguel Tamen Book Reviews The Office Copying Revolution: History, Identification and Preservation by Ian Batterham Reviewed by Paul Kahan Museums in a Digital Age Edited by Ross Parry Reviewed by Susan Fishman-Armstrong Places of Pain and Shame: Dealing with ‘Difficult Heritage’ Edited by William Logan and Keir Reeves Reviewed by Laurel Racine