[Nhcoll-l] Collection Inventories online course begins November 4

[Helen Alten]

MS218: Collection Inventories
Instructor: Peggy Schaller
Dates: Nov 4 through Nov 29, 2013
Location: online at www.museumclasses.org

Description:
Collection inventories are vital to collection management and security. 
You need to know what is in your collection to be able to manage it 
well. This means regular inventories must occur. But knowing you must do 
them and actually having the time and manpower to complete an inventory 
are two different things. Collection Inventories discusses everything 
you ever wanted to know about collection inventories. From how to set 
one up to how to conduct an inventory. Other topics include what to look 
for during an inventory and how to reconcile the information.

Logistics:
Participants in Collection Inventories work through sections on their 
own. Instructor Peggy Schaller is available for scheduled email support. 
Materials and resources include online literature, slide lectures and 
dialog between students and online chats led by the instructor. The 
course is limited to 20 participants.

Collection Inventories runs four weeks. To learn more about the course, 
go to http://www.collectioncare.org/training/trol_classes_ms218.html If 
you have trouble please contact Helen Alten at helen at collectioncare.org

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

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Brad Bredehoft for Helen Alten
Northern States Conservation Center
www.collectioncare.org
www.museumclasses.org