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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Collections Management"”.
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Collections Management Systems at Natural History Museums: A Centralized Approach
<p>Natural history museum collections are an invaluable learning tool for audiences of many ages. However, learning experiences can be hampered if collections are poorly managed. Inconsistent object numbering systems, scant information associated with a specimen, and differences in records …
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By Community, with Community: Decolonial Recommendations for Collections Management Policies in Museums
This thesis is a study of the current collections management policies (CMP) that govern museums and that produce and sustain colonial language and practices. I focus on the impact of CMPs on community museums, and I conclude with recommendations for decolonial interventions, with the Filipino …
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The Wind Returns: A Capstone Project for the Northern Arapaho Experience Cultural Room
… has a purpose. Museums exist for a reason. A collections management policy defines that purpose. A well-crafted policy advances the mission of a museum by outlining its collecting guidelines. It establishes the organization’s identity. This can be empowering for Native American communities …
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Handling the “Curation Crisis:” Database Management for Archaeological Collections
… continue to be organized each year, accumulated collections find themselves haphazardly stored in museums with few plans for their long-term management, care and preservation. While the existence of a “curation crisis” has been widely accepted in the United States since the 1970s, there is little …
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A Plan for Managing the Alexander Graham Bell-Joseph Henry Rare Book Collection in the Smithsonian’s Dibner Library
… <p>This project focuses on three major collections management processes—cataloging, preserving, and digitizing—as key elements of accessibility. The proposed cataloging system is MAchine-Readable Cataloging (MARC), also used by the Library of Congress, to facilitate access.</p>
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Passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Museum Collections
… museums of every type. New to museums and the collections management field, Radio Frequency Identification is a growing technology that museums can implement to keep track of the location, status, condition, and movement of their objects. Objects are labeled with RFID “tags” which enable them …
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Biblioteca Sesc Centro João Pessoa: estudo e proposta de política de gestão de coleções
The need for collections management policy may be evident from the moment that libraries are no longer mere deposits of bibliographic production and begin to address the specifics of its members or institutions, thus serving as a filter of information to be made available. Through the internship …
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The Generation and Management of Museum-Centered Geologic Materials and Information
… geosciences, computer science, and museum collections management. Although these are not commonly integrated, by developing their intersection this thesis uniquely contributes a much-needed system for effectively managing geological collections. The lack of effective organization and …
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Assessment of management and collection of zoological specimens at natural history museums in Malaysia
… on the importance of natural history collections is one. Ineffective dissemination of biodiversity knowledge, poor maintenance of natural history collection and lack of understanding as perceived by Malaysian why the need for a natural history museum are problems answered by this …
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Managing Education Collections: The Care/Use Balance in Natural History Museums
… museums across the country manage education collections, not much literature exists on the level of care these collections receive and how institutions make decisions regarding this care. The purpose of this research study was to examine the standards of care for education collections at …
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Archaeological curation crisis in America.
… decades with the permanent care of publicly held collections generated by Cultural Resource Management (CRM) projects. While legislation (36 C.F.R. Part 79) was intended to ensure the longterm management and care of these resources, lack of funding, lack of enforcement, and lack of compliance, …
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Database Assemblages: Understanding Cultural Heritage Collections Infrastructures as Techno-Social Actors
… a medium theoretical interpretation of the collections database, which is positioned as a key constituent in the production of meanings and narratives within digitised and born-digital cultural heritage collections. A collections database is an infrastructure made up of object records, which …
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Model Behavior: Using Photogrammetry for Collections Storage Planning
<p>Proper and efficient collections storage is often a challenge for museums. As collections outgrow their facilities, institutions struggle to find additional space, often resorting to hasty moves of their objects into ill-fitting placements. A large-scale collections move is a slowgoing process, …
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Our Collective History: The Curation Crisis and the Excavation of an Archaeological Repository
… with a recent history of cultural resource management (CRM)—and academic research projects—having a tendency to survey, excavate, analyze, publish, and move on to the next project, often with little regard for the long term curation of the collections. What happens to these artifacts? Will …
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Our Collective History: The Curation Crisis and the Excavation of an Archaeological Repository
… with a recent history of cultural resource management (CRM)—and academic research projects—having a tendency to survey, excavate, analyze, publish, and move on to the next project, often with little regard for the long term curation of the collections. What happens to these artifacts? Will …
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The Politics of Preservation: Stewarding Artifacts in Archives
<p>Kay Bailey Hutchison served Texas and the United States in many capacities during her political career. She vastly impacted Texas, as well as Nacogdoches, Texas in particular, through her time serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives and as a United States Senator. In 2012, she …