Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutions

Starts: Wednesday December 02, 2009 at 9:30am
Ends: Wednesday December 02, 2009 at 3:30pm
Event Type: Training/Seminar
Region: Greater Philadelphia Area
Location: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
19 S 22nd St
Philadelphia, PA 19103 US
Price: $50
Website: http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=9cc69c70-e532-40d2-8690-6160b7025d7a
Industry: museums and institutions
Keywords: Policies, Procedures, Cultural, Heritage, Library, Libraries, Management, Preservation, Conservation, Exhibition, Business, Nonprofit, Museum, Archives, Collections, Archive, Documents, Practices
Intended For: collections manager, executive director, registrar, archivist, librarian, archives, director, library, preservation officer
Organization: Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

New! An institution’s collections care and business practices are defined by its written policies and procedures. Institutional memory is often lost through staff changes, but best practices are encoded in these important documents. This program will provide an overview of policy and planning documents that are essential for collections care, such as collections management policies, handling guidelines and maintenance policies. Participants will learn the critical components of these documents and tangible examples of how to adapt them to different institutions will be given. Policy development, approval and implementation responsibilities of staff, volunteer and board will be discussed. No registration limit.

Speakers: Kim Andrews, Preservation Services Officer, CCAHA

            Laura Hortz Stanton, Director of Preservation Services, CCAHA