[NHCOLL-L:5491] Collection cataloging online class starts July 1

[Helen Alten]

There is still space available in Northern States Conservation Center's 
online collection cataloging course that starts July 1.:*

MS207: Collections Management: Cataloging Your Collection* (Only runs 
once in 2011)
Instructor: Peggy Schaller
Price: $475
Dates: July 1 through 31, 2011
Location: online at www.museumclasses.org
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Description:*
Cataloging may not be the most exciting museum task, but it is among the 
most important. Without a clear knowledge of your holdings, you can't 
protect, care for, research or exhibit them. Without knowledge of an 
item's history, you can't properly appreciate its value to your museum. 
Cataloging Your Collection covers all details needed to catalog a 
collection. Procedures for handling, measuring and describing all types 
of objects and materials are discussed in detail. Participants receive 
sample forms and learn the best practices for numbering artifacts, 
performing inventory and assessing the condition of objects. 
Participants practice describing everyday objects and cataloging items 
from their own collections or households.

*Course Outline:*
1. Introduction: Policy and Mission
2. Cataloging: Why Do We Catalog Our Artifacts?
3. Forms
4. Numbering
5. Handling
6. Conservation and Storage
7. Inventories
8. Cataloging
9. Considerations for Specific Objects
10. Summary

*Logistics:*
Participants in Cataloging Your Collection set their own pace while 
working through 10 sections. Instructor Peggy Schaller will be available 
at scheduled times for email support. Participants interact through 
forums and scheduled online chats. Materials include online readings and 
lecture notes, as well as handouts, slide lectures, projects and links 
to relevant web sites. The course is limited to 20 participants.

Cataloging Your Collection runs four weeks. To reserve a spot in the 
course, please pay at http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you 
have trouble please contact Helen Alten at helen at collectioncare.org

*Student Comments for MS207 Cataloging Your Collection:*
I'd give it a 10 out of 10.

I liked the convenience, I liked the chats, I liked the reading 
material, I liked that there were people from all over the country enrolled.

The technology made sense ... It was scary at first, but really was very 
simple.

*The Instructor:*
*Peggy Schaller*, founded Collections Research for Museums in 1991 to 
provide cataloging, collection-management training and services. She has 
worked with a large variety of museums and collections for more than 18 
years. Peggy, who lives in Denver, Colorado, has a bachelor's degree in 
anthropology with minors in art history and geology from the University 
of Arizona in Tucson. She has a master's degree in anthropology with a 
minor in museum studies from the University of Colorado in Boulder and 
is a Certified Institutional Protection Manager II. She provides 
workshops and project services to museums and historical societies all 
across the country. The mission of Collections Research for Museums is 
to inspire museums to improve their professional standards, collections 
stewardship and service to their constituency through training in, and 
assistance with, documenting, preserving, protecting and managing their 
collections. For more information visit her web site Collections 
Research for Museums <http://www.museumcollectionmgmt.com/>

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