Archives for the Lay Person

A Guide to Managing Cultural Collections

AvLois Hamill

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

For volunteers or staff at small organizations, collections management can be a daunting task. Archives for the Lay Person is a guidebook for people who care for historical records, photographs, and collections but do not have the appropriate professional training. Lois Hamill provides practical, step-by-step guidance for managing all facets of archival collections, from acquisition, arrangement, and description to storage and security. The book also offers advice on how to utilize PastPerfect software for collections database management.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-12-27
Mått:152 x 228 x 23 mm
Vikt:449 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:American Association for State and Local History
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780759119727
Utmärkelser:Winner of Kentucky History Award, publication 2013

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Referensverk och tvärvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Lois Hamill is university archivist and an assistant professor at Northern Kentucky University. She has previously worked with local historical society, church, and government records.

Recensioner i media

In this concise but extremely thorough book, Lois Hamill, University Archivist at Northern Kentucky University, bridges the gap for individuals and smaller institutions that need to organize what may often be long neglected collections. In this era of resource constraint, Lois takes a methodical approach to the description of these items, relying heavily on the affordable Past Perfect Software which can generate museum quality records for the beginner, with the informed narrative from Ms. Hamill to lead the way. . . . If there was one ready reference work I would recommend to someone commencing an archival collection it would be the Archives for the Lay Person. Ms. Hamill has given us a roadmap, folded neatly. We need only drive.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1 Basic Definitions and ConceptsChapter 2 Acquiring New MaterialsChapter 3 Organizing the CollectionChapter 4 Describing the CollectionChapter 5 Photographs: Handling, Identifying, Arranging and DescribingChapter 6 Photographs: Management and UseChapter 7 Reference/ResearchersChapter 8 SecurityChapter 9 ExhibitsChapter 10 Your Storage EnvironmentChapter 11 Other Types of MaterialsChapter 12 Outside SpecialistsChapter 13 Additional ManpowerChapter 14 Disaster PreparednessAppendicesBibliographyIndex