Lois Hamill

Archives for the Lay Person (eBook, ePUB)

A Guide to Managing Cultural Collections

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780759119734
• Artikelnr.: 38229277

Autorenporträt

Lois Hamill is the university archivist and an associate professor at Northern Kentucky University's Steely Library. She has been a practicing archivist for over seventeen years. Her last book, Archives for the Lay Person, was well received, winning a 2013 Kentucky History Award. Hamill is a certified archivist, holds the SAA Digital Archives Specialist certificate, speaks on archival topics at archival library, and history conferences, and is a successful grant writer.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Basic Definitions and Concepts
Chapter 2 Acquiring New Materials
Chapter 3 Organizing the Collection
Chapter 4 Describing the Collection
Chapter 5 Photographs: Handling, Identifying, Arranging and Describing
Chapter 6 Photographs: Management and Use
Chapter 7 Reference/Researchers
Chapter 8 Security
Chapter 9 Exhibits
Chapter 10 Your Storage Environment
Chapter 11 Other Types of Materials
Chapter 12 Outside Specialists
Chapter 13 Additional Manpower
Chapter 14 Disaster Preparedness
Appendices
Bibliography
Index