Things Great and Small: Collections Management Policies

Things Great and Small: Collections Management Policies

by John E. Simmons
Things Great and Small: Collections Management Policies

Things Great and Small: Collections Management Policies

by John E. Simmons

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Overview

Care of the collections is a core responsibility for all museums and related cultural institutions. The foundation of collections care and stewardship is good collections management policies.

This revised edition of Things Great and Small is a comprehensive resource for preparing and implementing collections management policies. Drawing on his extensive experience as a collections manager, educator, consultant, and surveyor for the AAM’s Museum Assessment Program, John E. Simmons reviews current ideas and literature on the subject, highlights the issues that collections management policies should address, and explains the pros and cons of choosing some policy options over others.

In the second edition, coverage of several key areas is greatly expanded or new. Information includes:
· digital collections,
· intellectual property rights,
· deaccessioning and use of deaccessioning proceeds,
· laws & regulations,
· changes in standards and benchmarks for collections care,
· the way US museums are funded and administered, and
· new standards and practices for collection storage environments.

Featuring more than 40 tables and charts and nearly 20 model policy templates, this major publication is aimed at museums of all kinds, historic houses and sites, and other cultural institutions.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781442277458
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 12/01/2017
Series: American Alliance of Museums
Edition description: Second Edition
Pages: 258
Product dimensions: 8.30(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

John E. Simmons has worked in museums for more than forty years. He has been a zookeeper, collections manager, museum studies instructor, director of a graduate program in museum studies, and a museum consultant. He has taught workshops, training programs, and museum studies classes for undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals in the US and internationally.


At present, Simmons is an independent museum consultant and he teaches museum studies classes for Kent State University, the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and Museum Study. He also serves as the Adjunct Curator of Collections for the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery at The Pennsylvania State University.

Simmons is the chairman-elect of the Registrars Committee of the American Association of Museums, and also serves on the board of ARCS (Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
 
1. Considering Collections Management Policy
 
2. Compiling Collections Management Policies
 
3. Introductory Sections
 
4. Authority
 
5. Scope of Collections
 
6. Categories of Collections
 
7. Acquisitions and Accessions
 
8. Deaccessions and Disposal
 
9. Loans
 
10. Objects in Custody
 
11. Documentation
 
12. Collections Care
 
13. Access and Use
 
14. Risk Management and Insurance
 
15. Intellectual Property
 
16. Additional Collections Stewardship Issues
 
17. Ethics
 
18. Appraisals, Identifications, and Research Services
 
19. Policy Review and Revision
 
20. Epilogue: When Policy Meets Reality
 
Appendix A: Glossary
 
Appendix B: AAM’s Code of Ethics for Museums and The Accreditation Commission’s Expectations Regarding Collections Stewardship
 
Appendix C: Laws and Legislation
 
Appendix D: Resources
 
About the Author
 
Index
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