Collections ManagementAnne Fahy Psychology Press, 1995 - 304 pages A practical introduction bringing together papers discussing some of the major issues affecting collections management in the 1990s.INHOUDWhy museum computer projects fail / Lenore SarasanMuseum information systems: the case for computerization / Pnina WentzCataloguing collections erratic starts and eventual success: a case study / Paul E. Rivard and Steven MillerForeign Ethnographic Collections Research Programme / Elizabeth KwasnikScholarship and the public / Neil MacGregorCollections research: local, national and international perspectives / Alexander FentonSecurity is everybody's business ; Museum and gallery security / Museums and Galleries Commission. A case study of a museum thief / Don Steward. Protection, security and conservation of collections / ICOM and the International Security CommitteeLiability risk management for museums / Elizabeth A. GriffithInsurance and indemnity / G. StansfieldIndemnity arrangements for local museums, galleries and other non-governmental bodies Office of Arts and Libraries. |
Contents
Evolving a policy manual | 29 |
Guidelines for a Registration Scheme for museums in | 35 |
A framework for management | 66 |
Museums and the horrors of | 81 |
Convention on the means of prohibiting and preventing | 89 |
Law and diplomacy in cultural property matters | 97 |
Collecting for the twentyfirst century | 122 |
Acceptance in lieu | 128 |
a note on legal | 161 |
Infamous deaccessions | 168 |
Scottish sense | 182 |
the case for computerization | 198 |
Cataloguing collections erratic starts and eventual | 211 |
Foreign Ethnographic Collections Research Programme | 217 |
Security is everybodys business | 235 |
Protection security and conservation of collections | 251 |
The Bowes Museum Canaletto Appeal | 142 |
The Science Museum Fund | 151 |
Liability risk management for museums | 277 |
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