[NHCOLL-L:1776] Natural History Collections

[Lisa Mort-Putland]

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The Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of Victoria is pleased to offer the following 6-day immersion course for professionals in museums, heritage planning and related organizations. This course will be offered at the Canadian Museum of Nature


Managing Natural History Collections

This course will be presented at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa. The diverse, complex, often delicate nature of natural history collections-and the increasingly vital roles they play in environmental research and public education-create special challenges for collections managers and curators. This course explores current principles and practices in the management of natural history collections, and discusses the impacts of new technologies, diminished resources, and pressures for increased accountability, relevance, and access. You will strengthen your ability to develop and manage natural history collections by exploring and analyzing: 
	*	the roles and nature of natural history collections 
	*	their relevance to institutional mission 
	*	trends in research and collecting 
	*	the expectations of internal and external users 
	*	policy frameworks for collections management 
	*	documentation requirements 
	*	systems of organization and information management 
	*	preparation and preservation requirements 
	*	approaches to interpretation and exhibition 

Instructor: Paisley Cato
Dr. Paisley S. Cato is Curator of Collections with the San Diego Natural History Museum. She has 25 years experience working with collections ranging in size from small, generalized collections in nature centres to large, specialized research collections in universities and state museums.
Dates: February 24 to March 1, 2003, with preparatory assignment
Please register by: January 27
Location: The Natural Heritage Building of the Canadian Museum of Nature, located in Aylmer, Quebec, just outside Ottawa.
Fee: $643 (Canadian funds, credit and non-credit participation options)

We acknowledge with thanks the support of the Canadian Museum of Nature in the development and delivery of this course.

This course is open to all museum professionals associated with natural history collectors, cultural resource management and related industry. Enrolment options allow you to choose to take courses either for academic credit or to enhance professional development. Individual course descriptions and registration forms are available by contacting us at crmp at uvcs.uvic.ca or by visiting our web site at <http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp> For more information please contact: 

Lisa Mort-Putland, Program Coordinator
Cultural Resource Management Program 
Continuing Studies, University of Victoria 
PO Box 3030 STN CSC Victoria BC Canada V8W 3N6 
Tel: 250 721-6119 Fax: 250 721-8774 
Email: lmort-putland at uvcs.uvic.ca
Visit our Web site! http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp
To receive monthly email updates, contact crmp at uvcs.uvic.ca





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