[NHCOLL-L:3247] AAM Seminar: Writing a Collections Management Policy

[Elizabeth Merritt]

AAM is pleased to offer "Best Practices in Collections Stewardship:
Writing a Collections Management Policy" to be held January 12-13,
hosted by the California Academy of Sciences.  The seminar is led by
John Simmons, Collections Manager, Natural History Museum & Biodiversity
Research Center and Director, Museum Studies Program at the University
of Kansas, and Elizabeth Merritt, Director, Museum Advancement &
Excellence of the American Association of Museums. 

Agenda and registration form are available at
http://www.aam-us.org/getinvolved/learn/stewardshipseminar.cfm.  For
questions please contact seminars at aam-us.org or (202) 289-9114.
Registration closes on Friday, January 5, 2007.Registration is limited
(assigned on a first come, first serve basis), so I recommend you
register early.

The seminar is based on the new AAM best-seller by Mr. Simmons, "Things
Great and Small: Collections Management Policies", the first
comprehensive review of the topic, complete with sections from sample
policies. It is available from the AAM Bookstore at
http://www.aam-us.org/bookstore/detail.cfm?id=721. Both the book and the
seminar were developed in collaboration with the Registrars Committee of
the AAM.

I hope to see many of you in San Francisco.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Merritt
Director, Museum Advancement & Excellence
RC-AAM Staff Liaison
SPNHC Liaison to the RC-AAM
Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo(tm)2007
May 13- 17 Chicago, IL
www.aam-us.org/am07





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