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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see below for a compendium of on-line courses in Museum Studies and Collections Management. This list is provided by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections Professional Development Committee as a monthly
service for nhcoll subscribers. Please contact the course providers or instructors for more information or questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As a reminder, nhcoll is not open for advertising by individuals; however, if you would like to have your courses appear in this compendium, please feel free to submit your offerings to
<a href="mailto:jeff.stephenson@dmns.org">jeff.stephenson@dmns.org</a>, and we’ll see that you get in.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">From Museum Study, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Laws and Collections Management 4 week online course begins August 2 on MuseumStudy.com Join instructor John Simmons for the professional development course Laws and Collection Management. The 4 week online course provides an accessible
introduction to the ethical principles and legal aspects of managing museum collections by presenting the scope and significance of museum ethics and an introduction to national and international laws and regulations affecting museums.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">For more information visit our website: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://www.museumstudy.com/laws-and-collection-management">https://www.museumstudy.com/laws-and-collection-management</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Writing K-12 Lesson Plans for Museums course begins August 2 on MuseumStudy.com The kids will be headed back to school. Their teachers will be needing lesson plans. Are you ready to help?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Join Instructor Tara Young beginning August 2 for the 4 week online professional development course Writing K-12 Lesson Plans for Museums.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">This course is designed to teach museum educators how to develop and write formal lesson plans for K-12 programming.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">You will review a wide variety of K-12 lesson plans from different types of museums. Each week’s lecture, chat, and assignment will be iterative, and students will end the course with a finished lesson plan that they can put into use
at their museums.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">For more information visit our website: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://www.museumstudy.com/writing-k-12-lesson-plans-for-museums">https://www.museumstudy.com/writing-k-12-lesson-plans-for-museums</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Collections Emergencies: Preparedness to Resilience 4 week online course begins August 2 on MuseumStudy.com "Diverse hazards are threatening our cultural institutions and can quickly turn into emergencies or disasters. Do you feel comfortable
using your emergency plan or responding to an emergency? Have you fully prepared for a response and a resilient recovery? Join Rebecca Kennedy of Curae Collections Care, LLC for the 4 week online course Collections<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Emergencies: Preparedness to Resilience. This course will go beyond the basics of emergency planning and teach participants how to turn their plans into living documents that work in all emergency events. We will focus on practical skills
to guide participants from preparedness through response, into recovery and finally to resiliency."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">For more information visit our website: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://www.museumstudy.com/collections-emergencies-preparedness-to-resilience">https://www.museumstudy.com/collections-emergencies-preparedness-to-resilience</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Leading Together: Working for and With Your Board of Trustees course begins August 2 on MuseumStudy.com Is your relationship with your board collaborative, contentious, or non-existent? Does your board drift between non-management and
micromanagement? Do you mentally or emotionally check out of the relationship due to lack of time or commitment?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Anne W. Ackerson will be leading a class on Leading Together: Working for and With Your Board of Trustees. This four-week course is geared for executive directors and will cover roles and responsibilities, assessing the board-staff relationship,
and putting strategic and integrative thinking to work at board and committee meetings, among other topics.
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Each week will include readings and assignments. We'll also gather in Zoom chats to explore topics in more depth and problem-solve your CEO-board challenges!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">For more information visit our website: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://www.museumstudy.com/leading-together-working-for-and-with-your-board-of-trustees">https://www.museumstudy.com/leading-together-working-for-and-with-your-board-of-trustees</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Rights & Reproductions 1: Intro to IP and Licensing Best Practices 4 week online course begins Sept 6 on MuseumStudy.com (only 4 spots remain) The management and dissemination of the Intellectual Property (IP) assets maintained by cultural
institutions is a key responsibility of collections care. Join Anne M. Young editor of Rights & Reproductions:
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<p class="MsoPlainText">The Handbook for Cultural Institutions for the four week online course Rights & Reproductions 1: Intro to IP and Licensing Best Practices where you will receive a broad overview to the key functions of a rights and reproductions specialist
at a cultural institution.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">For more information visit our website: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="http://www.museumstudy.com/courses/course-list/rights-reproductions-1-intro-to-ip-and-licensing-best-practices/">http://www.museumstudy.com/courses/course-list/rights-reproductions-1-intro-to-ip-and-licensing-best-practices/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Participants in the course will get a discount code to use ordering the book. Keep in mind that you need to order the book in advance to have it for the start of the course. Last year this course completely filled so don't wait too long
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Moving Museum Collections course begins Sept 6 on MuseumStudy.com Are you planning a remodel, new storage, or a new building and will need to move all or part of your collection? Don't wait until the last minute. Join Instructor Lori
Benson, veteran of three large scale museum collection moves, for the 4 week online course Moving Museum Collections.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">This course provides an overview of how to plan and manage a move to avoid the many pitfalls. The course will help you define the scope of your project, develop a work plan and schedule, prepare a communication scheme, define proposals
for vendors, choose equipment, estimate costs, identify hazards, organize staffing, and establish packing techniques and standards. Whether you are moving across the hall or across town, Moving Museum Collections will provide a guide for a successful move.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">For more information visit our website: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://www.museumstudy.com/moving-museum-collections">https://www.museumstudy.com/moving-museum-collections</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Decolonizing Museums in Practice course begins Oct 4 on MuseumStudy.com Articles about decolonizing museums are everywhere these days, but what does this actually mean in practice for museum professionals?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Join Laura Phillips, Heather George, and Nathan Sentance for this 8 week online course where we will focus on looking critically at how museum professionals can activate decolonial ways of thinking in their own work environment, and
in their day to day life.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">We will investigate how the words of contemporary Indigenous scholars and curators can be put into practice to promote practices that de-centre the subtle (and not so subtle) colonial ways of thinking that surround us every day.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">The text book can take a while to arrive so make sure to order it well in advance if you can not find it locally. This course fills early, registration is now open for the October/November course.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">For more information visit our website: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://www.museumstudy.com/decolonizing-museums-in-practice">https://www.museumstudy.com/decolonizing-museums-in-practice</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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