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Where is it?
Who Owns it?
What is it worth?
- monetary and historical value |
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| an artifacts location in the recovery matrix |
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| an artifacts record of ownership after leaving ground |
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| Ontario Heritage Act 1975 says who owns all collections? |
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person with property or power owned for the benefit of others
-has to pay for major mistakes |
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| Management Hierarchy Order |
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| Government, Board of Directors, Executive Management, Operations Management, Service Delivery Staff |
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| Government Legislation is: |
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Founding statute
- establishes legal authority, governance model, and purpose of the museum |
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| Board of Directors document |
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Strategic Policy
- deals with staffing executive management including the CEO, and any financial matters |
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| Executive Management document |
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Operational Policy (2 parts)
1. Collections Development Policy
- acquisitions, deaccession/disposal
2. Collections Management Policy
- care, storage, display, documentation, access, loans |
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| Operations Management document |
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| Protocols and Procedures for carrying out policies |
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| offer + acceptance + consideration (forms the exchange) + intent of parties to form legal relationship |
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| offer + delivery + acceptance |
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| physical possession - legal title |
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| one cannot give what he does not have |
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| chemicals or otherwise to stabilize or repair an object after damage has occurred (reactive) |
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| Preventative Conservation |
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| techniques undertaken to mitigate factors that might cause damage (proactive) |
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| 10 Agents of deterioration |
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Physical forces
Theives and vandals
dissociation
fire
water
pests and bio agents
pollutants
light
temperature
humidity |
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| Preventative Conservation Approach |
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| avoid, block, detect, respond, recover |
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Physical Plant
Environment
Security
Storage Units
Policies and Procedures |
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step by step responses to specific threats. Allows untrained staff to respond to emergencies.
-not flexible, cant deal with unexpected |
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relies on individual to assess situation and respond accordingly. based on reduction and prevention rather than response. 4 stage process: prevention, preparedness, response, recovery
- difficult to create
- must train staff extensively |
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| formal process of removing an artifact from the accessioned collection |
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| formal and permanent physical and legal transfer of an object to another person/institution |
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| Goal of collections + 2 requirements |
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to maximize the beneficial relationship between the collection, museum, and the public
1. long term view - do not collect with plan to dispose
2. Nothing is forever - objects deteriorate, collection mandates change |
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keep it
return to owner (loan)
gift
long-term loan
trade/exchange
sale
destruction |
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| 5 elements of digital archiving |
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1. Secure Backups
2. Stable file formats
3. Data refreshments
4. data migration
5. documentation |
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| 2 types of access to collections |
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| physical (tours), intellectual (publication) |
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| staff whose job requires access |
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| staff at similar institutions with arrangements to share collection information |
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| user from private or non-collecting public organizations. eg staff at non-profits, students, public |
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| those who wish to make use of collection or information for commercial purposes |
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| no direct staff intervention. eg museum display case |
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| minimal staff intervention. eg archive get box and leave |
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| continuous direct staff intervention. eg field school |
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| some users not allowed access. eg memberships |
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1. Preacquisition
2. Incoming
3. Long-term management
4. Outgoing |
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authenticity
condition
rarity
historical importance
size
medium
subject matter
provenance
fashion |
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| 4 types of monetary value (expensive to cheap) |
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Purchase price
replacement value
Fair market value
probate value |
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| neither buyer nor seller control or influence eachother |
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| considerable body of material which is or soon may be no longer regarded as of value in its present ownership |
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| 5 main challenges of collection |
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1. Access to collections
2. Collection ownership
3. Collection management standards
4. storage space
5. funding |
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