[Nhcoll-l] Applying Numbers to Collection Objects online course starts August 5

[helen at collectioncare.org]

MS 208: Applying Numbers to Collection Objects
Instructor: Gretchen Anderson
Dates: Aug 5 - Aug 30, 2013
Location: Online at www.museumclasses.org

Description:
Applying Numbers to Collection Objects covers the materials
and methods of object numbering: registration, handling,
labeling and marking, number placement, documentation,
health and safety, transponders and barcodes, surface
marks, inks, paints and barrier coats. Each participant
receives a Northern States Conservation Center collections
labeling kit and performs experiments using its contents.
Participants learn to determine what pen, ink, barrier coat
or tag is appropriate for each object and storage or
display situation.

Logistics:
Participants in Applying Numbers to Collection Objects work
through seven sections at their own pace. Instructor Helen
Alten will be available at scheduled times for email
support. Participants work individually and interact
through forums and online chats. Materials include
PowerPoint lectures, readings, lecture notes and a
collections labeling kit with sample materials. Additional
resources include projects, quizzes and links to relevant
web sites.

Applying Numbers to Collection Objects runs four weeks. To
learn more about the course, go to
http://www.collectioncare.org/training/trol_classes_ms208.html
If you have trouble please contact Helen Alten at
helen at collectioncare.org

The Instructor:
Objects conservator Gretchen Anderson learned her craft at
the American Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian's
Conservation Analytical Lab, the Canadian Conservation
Institute, Getty Conservation Lab, the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, and the Minnesota Historical Society. She
established the conservation department at the Science
Museum of Minnesota in 1989. She is the co-author of A
Holistic Approach to Museum Pest Management, a technical
leaflet for the American Association for State and Local
History and established a rigorous IPM program for the
Science Museum. She was a key member in the planning team
that designed and built a new facility for the Science
Museum of Minnesota. This endeavor resulted in not only a
state of the art exhibition and storage facility, but also
a major publication about the experience of building a new
museum and creating the correct environments: Moving the
Mountain. In 2009 she accepted the position of conservator
and head of the conservation section at the Carnegie Museum
of Natural History in Pittsburgh. Ms. Anderson is a member
of the American Institute for Conservation and the Society
for the Preservation of Natural History Collections. She
lectures and presents workshops on preventive conservation,
IPM, cleaning in museums, and practical methods and
materials for storage of collections. 
Helen Alten
Director
Northern States Conservation Center
www.collectioncare.org
www.museumclasses.org