C2C Care course: Collections Management for Smaller Institutions, 1 of 4 (subtítulos en español)
Channel: AIC & FAIC
Date: 2020-09-14

The first webinar in a 4-part course. This webinar provides an introduction to the purpose and plan for the four weeks and the course project. 
Topics covered include:
What is collections management and why is it important? 
Museums as systems and components of systems. 
Museum mission, acquisition and accession of objects, and deaccessioning. Logistics
Who we are
Purpose of the course
What is Collections Management (and why does it matter)?
Museum systems and museums in systems Collecting the Collection 
Mission 
Acquisitions 
Accessions 
Deaccessions

During this four-part self-study course, participants will learn about essential aspects of collection management, from the acquisition and registration of objects through the care, use, and deaccessioning of objects. The importance of collection storage, exhibition, and collection management policies will be considered as participants produce a needs assessment for their home institution’s collections.

Join instructor John Simmons and Connecting to Collections Care to explore the essentials of good collections management no matter how small your institutions. 

Through recorded webinars and related readings, the course's four sections cover:

Week 1: Introduction to Collections Management

Week 2: Day-to-Day Management of Collections

Week 3: Using the Collections 

Week 4: Collections Management Policies

Instructor John E. Simmons (BA, Systematics & Ecology; MA, Museum Studies) was a zoo keeper before becoming a collections manager, lecturer, and museum consultant. He is a board member of the Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists (ARCS) and current chair of the Collections Stewardship Professional Network (CS-AAM). His recent publications include Museums: A History (2016), Things Great and Small: Collections Management Policies (2nd edition, 2017), and the chapter on “Collections Management: History, Theory, and Practice” in the International Handbook of Museum Studies Volume 4, Museum Practice: The Contemporary Museum at Work (2015). He currently runs Museologica consulting, serves as Adjunct Curator of Collections at the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery at Penn State University, and teaches museum studies for Kent State University, the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and Museum Study LLC. When not working, John likes to read, garden, hike, and travel.

Connecting to Collections Care courses are made possible in part by generous support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.