[Nhcoll-l] August - September On-Line Courses -- Museum Studies LLC

Wed Jul 22 14:42:24 EDT 2020

Hello,
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.
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 jeff.stephenson at dmns.org<mailto:jeff.stephenson at dmns.org>, and we'll see that you get in.
Thank you

>From Museum Study, LLC

Laws and Collections Management 4 week online course begins Aug 3 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.

For more information visit our website:  http://bit.ly/2xc58In

Creating Successful Traveling Exhibitions course begins August 3 on MuseumStudy.com Ever wanted to know how to develop a traveling exhibition?

If so, Creating Successful Traveling Exhibitions is for you. This class will be focused on providing you with the nuts and bolts on how to develop and tour traveling exhibitions. We will be delving into all stages of the traveling exhibit development process and tips and strategies will be provided to build sustainable frameworks for these types of exhibitions.

Join Instructor Saul Sopoci Drake for this 4 week online professional development course.

For more information visit our website: https://bit.ly/38X1J24

*NEW COURSE* Leading Together: Working for and With Your Board of Trustees course begins August 3 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?

Anne Ackerson will be leading a new 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.

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!

For more information visit our website: https://bit.ly/3dDoSIr

Rights & Reproductions 1: Intro to IP and Licensing Best Practices 4 week online course begins Aug 31 on MuseumStudy.com 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:

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.

For more information visit our website: https://bit.ly/2RDHZpW 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 to sign up.

*NEW COURSE* Decolonizing Museums in Practice course begins August 31 on MuseumStudy.com Articles about decolonizing museums are everywhere these days, but what does this actually mean in practice for museum professionals working in what is now known as North America?

Join Laura Phillips for this new 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.

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 across this land.

For more information visit our website: https://bit.ly/2ZH9KWa

Moving Museum Collections course begins Aug 31 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.

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.

For more information visit our website: http://bit.ly/2MdCfpv

Interpretive Writing online course begins Aug 31 on MuseumStudy.com Join Professor John Veverka for the course Interpretive Writing. This 4 week online course, part of our series of interpretation courses, is a basic interpretive writing course designed to be a follow-up course for our Introduction to Heritage Interpretation course, and our other interpretation courses.  It will give participants an understanding of and skill in development of actual "interpretive" writing based on Tilden's Interpretive Principles.

For more information visit our website: http://bit.ly/2Uazu8K

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