Lending Library: Collections Management
Museumwise provides its members and South Central DHP constituents access to our extensive Lending Library. Museumwise members and South Central DHP constituents can borrow up to 3 titles for a 3-week period. Books can be renewed once, as long as there are no other requests for the title.
To utilize this service, simply fill out this online form with the titles of the books you’d like to borrow. We will mail you the titles – all that you are responsible for is return postage.
This Lending Library is made possible in part with funds from the Documentary Heritage Program of the New York State Archives, a program of the New York State Education Department.
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Although deaccessioning may be broadly accepted today within the museum community as an all-but-routine aspect of collections management, to much of the public it remains at odds with what people conceive the museum to be: a permanent repository, a...
Every museum should have a clear vision of what it aspires to be, but it may never reach its goal if it can't shape and develop its collections as a whole. This guide will help museums in creating a collections plan. Discussion focuses on...
Guidelines for emergency preparedness, organized for directors, managers and department heads. Building an Emergency Plan assists administrators and security managers of cultural institutions develop plans to protect not only their collections but...
Caring for American Indian Objects is a practical guide that offers collection caregivers, conservators, and collectors helpful information on standard museum practice to aid them in making decisions to slow deterioration. Fourteen contributors,...
Guide to differentiating between cased photographs, tintypes, stereographs, card photographs, and photographic prints. There are more than 300 illustrations from major private collections to show the development of photographic processes. Also...
Sample manual with steps to take in case of fire, theft, bomb threat, assault, illness, accident, and community disaster. Also includes a MAC-formatted floppy with documents from sample manual.
The Field Guide to Emergency Response is useful to staff at any cultural institution in planning for and responding to emergencies, especially those involving collections. The spiral-bound book describes the phases of response, duties of response...
Book includes samples of forms used by organizations in New York State for collections management (accessioning and deaccessioning practices and forms), education, maintenance, rights and reproductions, security, volunteers, etc.
Grave Injustice is the powerful story of the ongoing struggle of Native Americans to repatriate the objects and remains of their ancestors that were appropriated, collected, manipulated, sold, and displayed by Europeans and Americans. She traces the...
Things get dirty. It is amazing how much dust and dirt can accumulate on furniture, flooring and objects in a short period of time. Think about how much grime can build up during just a one-week vacation. Our historic houses are no exception....
Discussion of equipment, film, filters, location and lighting with regards to photographing works of art. Includes 11 chapters of clear, straightforward prose, illustrated by nearly 200 of the author's of the author's black-and-white...
Notebook from Integrated Pest Management workshop funded through an IMLS Leadership for the 21st Century grant in partnership with Historic Cherry Hill and the Upstate History Alliance (now Museumwise). Notebook covers: IPM Program Basics; Traps...
A two-part publication, the IPI Media Storage Quick Reference explains how to provide long-term, preservation-quality storage for diverse media collections. It reviews key preservation challenges for still and motion picture film, glass place...
Although a Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections focuses on the fiduciary responsibility of museums, it is an essential resource for all collections care professionals. The text provides an overview of collections management policies, proper...
Guide designed to give museum professionals a clearer understanding of the complex intellectual property issues embedded in every aspect of museum practice. It outlines a legal framework for understanding copyright and trademark principles - the two...
The definitive collections care resource for the entire National Park Service system, Part I of the Museum Handbook focuses on standards and procedures of preventive care for museum collections that are applicable to all collecting institutions....
Prepared by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and the International Committee on Museum Security. Sections on basic protection, building protection and special protection services. Includes emergency planning information.
A guide that helps organizations prepare for potential disasters and asses the institution's geographic hazards. Focuses on four areas of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. Provides worksheets that facilitate...
Discusses security issues including theft, access procedures, environment control, security systems, staff training, evaluation and emergency preparedness.
Chapters on registration system elements, accessions, documentation, cataloging, loans, and working with computers. An authoritative and comprehensive discussion of effective registration techniques for the small museum presented in a concise,...
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