[NHCOLL-L:5180] Collection numbering online class starts Jan 24

[Helen Alten]

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
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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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