The third edition of Things Great and Small continues to be a comprehensive resource for developing, implementing, and revising collection management policies and includes new information for addressing prolonged or permanent closure of museums, wider parameters for collection storage environments, and sustainable collection management practices.
The third edition of Things Great and Small continues to be a comprehensive resource for developing, implementing, and revising collection management policies and includes new information for addressing prolonged or permanent closure of museums, wider parameters for collection storage environments, and sustainable collection management practices.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John E. Simmons (BA, Systematics & Ecology; MA, Museum Studies) has worked in museums for more than 50 years. He began his career as a zoo keeper before becoming collections manager at the California Academy of Sciences and later at the Natural History Museum at the University of Kansas, where he also served as Director of the Museum Studies Program until 2007. He is the recipient of the Superior Voluntary Service Award from the American Association of Museums (2001), the Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Mentoring of Graduate Students from the University of Kansas (2005), the Carolyn L. Rose Award for Outstanding Commitment to Natural History Collections and Management from the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (2011), the Dudley-Wilkinson Award of Distinction from the Registrars Committee of the American Alliance of Museums (2016), and the Spiritus Award for Excellence in Service and Management of Herpetological and Ichthyological Collections from American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (2019). John has published more than 150 papers and several books, including Cuidado, Manejo y Conservación de las Colecciones Biológicas (2005, with Yaneth Munoz-Saba), Fluid Preservation: A Comprehensive Reference (2014), Foundations of Museum Studies: Evolving Systems of Knowledge (2014, with Kiersten Latham), Herpetological Collecting and Collections Management (3rd edition, 2015), Museums: A History (2016), Things Great and Small: Collections Management Policies (2nd edition, 2017), the chapter on "Collections Management: History, Theory, and Practice" in The International Handbook of Museum Studies (2015), Best Practices in the Preservation and Management of Fluid-Preserved Biological Collections (with Dirk Neumann, Julian Carter, and Oliver Crimmen), and he edited the 6th edition of Museum Registration Methods in 2020 (with Toni Kiser). John's research interests include the conservation of natural history and anatomical specimens, the history of museums, and the development of sustainable collections management practices. John currently runs Museologica museum consulting and teaches museology workshops and university classes.
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Chapter 1: Considering Collection Management Policies Chapter 2: Preparing Collection Management Policies Chapter 3: Introductory Sections Chapter 4: Authority Chapter 5: Scope of Collections and Categories of Collections Chapter 6: Acquisitions, Accessions, and Registrations Chapter 7: Deaccessions and Disposal Chapter 8: Loans Chapter 9: Objects in Custody Chapter 10: Documentation Chapter 11: Collections Care Chapter 12: Collections and Collection Information Access and Use Chapter 13: Risk Management and Insurance Chapter 14: Intellectual Property Chapter 15: Digitization Chapter 16: Cultural Property Chapter 17: Ethics Chapter 18: Appraisals, Identifications, and Research Services Chapter 19: Policy Review and Revision Chapter 20: Epilogue: When Policy Meets Reality Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: American Alliance of Museums Codes of Ethics for Museums American Alliance of Museums The Accreditation Commission's Expectations Regarding Collection Stewardship Appendix C: Laws and Legislation
