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Safety First! Personal Protective Equipment for Collection Emergencies: July 17, 2021; Personal protective equipment (PPE) is the main source of protection for staff or volunteers working in collection emergency response. Are your emergency responders properly geared up? Check out this short video from the ARCS Emergency Programming Su…
From Basics to Barcodes: Leveraging Technology for Collection Projects (Conference Session, 2019): May 15, 2021; For years, registrars used good ol’ pencil and paper to track their collections, but technology has now become a normal part of a registrar’s daily routine and the go-to method for managing collections. However, when faced with a large-scale collecti…
Hello from the Other Side: Next Steps in Collecting Time-Based Media (Conference Session, 2019): May 15, 2021; You’re getting a handle on the basics and now ready to take the next steps towards improving documentation of your “Time Based Media” collection. During this session we will present the latest procedures from institutions with robust programs for col…
Mission Possible: Navigating Collections Inventory from Planning to Execution (Conference Session, 2019): May 15, 2021; Join this interactive discussion to learn how three collections specialists navigated the daunting yet exhilarating process of inventory. Each presenter successfully managed the planning and execution of their collection, varying in size from small t…
Reshaping the Collectible (Conference Session, 2019): May 15, 2021; This session will focus on the first of six case studies that will be investigated as part of Tate’s ‘Reshaping the Collectible: When Artworks Live in the Museum’ research project, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This three-year project ai…
Using Business Tools and Strategies to Create Collections Management Processes (Conference Session, 2019): May 15, 2021; The Cleveland Museum of Art maintains an ambitious, year-round permanent collection rotation and gallery refresh schedule. In 2016, after the completion of an eight-year building project and subsequent Centennial Celebrations, the number, frequency a…
Winter is Coming: Cold Storage for Photographs (Conference Session, 2019): May 15, 2021; This session will present macro and micro views related to cold storage at two institutions: The Amon Carter Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2018, The Amon Carter expanded their photography vaults which required the relocation of 45,000…
Art of the 4th Dimension: Working with Time-Based Media (Conference Session, 2017): May 15, 2021; No other medium has a relationship to entropy quite like time-based media. By its very nature it presents unique difficulties for institutions and collectors. Due to the medium’s fundamental dependence on technology, duration, and interpretation, tim…
Building a Unified Discovery System for Libraries and Museums (Conference Session, 2019): April 26, 2021; Discussion on the creation of a unified platform for the discovery of digitized collections
Co-Ownerships: Concerns, Contracts, and Crossing borders (Conference Session, 2019): April 26, 2021; Discussion on the co-ownership of artwork - reasons to join a co-ownership, contract elements, law abidance, and artwork maintenance.

Conservation is Not Neutral: Emotion and Bias in Our Work: February 23, 2021
Emotion and Pragmatism: Disposing of Objects from Museum Collections (Conference session, 2019): December 12, 2019
Condition Reports: There's an App for That! Or Ten.: November 3, 2017
Collection Care with Materials Substitution in Thailand: November 3, 2017
Come Home: Access for Indigenous Communities and Practical Implications of Ceremonial Use of Collections: November 3, 2017
Behind the Scenes Renovation Solutions at The FDR Library & Museum: June 19, 2013
Chicago Adventure, Part Two: Catalogue Dialogue: May 29, 2013
The Gem Room: May 29, 2013
Behind the scenes at Dawlish Museum: April 17, 2013
Behind the Scenes on a Museum Secrets Shoot at Versailles: March 4, 2013
Secret Museum: Inside the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's Collection: February 11, 2013
The Spririt Collection: January 29, 2013
Where are all of the dinosaur fossils kept?: December 3, 2012
From Here to There Museum Standards for Object Handling: November 22, 2012
Behind the scenes of the new Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery: November 12, 2012
Online Museum Training - Photographing Collection Items: June 29, 2012
Online Museum Training - Organizing Your Collection Storage: June 29, 2012
Muse Awards 2012: Behind the Scenes at Palm Beach Zoo: June 21, 2012
Horror Collection at the National Media Museum: May 30, 2012
Behind the Scenes: Field Museum with Bill Stanley-Catalogue Room: May 17, 2012
Baseball's Opening Day - A View From The Vault: March 27, 2012
National Center for Ancient Textiles: January 10, 2011
Safe Handling Practices for Chinese Hanging Scrolls: November 9, 2010
Safe Handling Practices for Japanese Folding Screens: November 9, 2010
Rolling Textiles on a Tube - (Part 6 of 6) Conservation and Preservation of Heirloom Textiles: December 9, 2009
Behind the Scenes at Shelburne Museum - Evaluating the Costume Collection: November 9, 2009
Derya Golpinar excavates in the Tenement Museum Basement: October 30, 2009
Behind the scenes at the Kelsey Archaeology Museum: October 28, 2009
Moving the U-505 by Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago: March 31, 2009
Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry/Behind the Scenes: October 31, 2007
Welcome to the Photo Collection: September 4, 2007
Behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum: July 20, 2007

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