I wanted to call your attention to a collaboration between American Association of Museums (AAM), AAM Registrars Committee (RC-AAM),Southeastern Museum Conference (SEMC),andSoutheastern Registrars Association (SERA).Several institutions in the Southeast will be hosting a webinar from AAM:
Collections Conundrums
In collaboration with the Museum Assessment Program and the AAM Registrar's Committee (RC-AAM)
Sponsored by LearningTimes
July 15, 2009
2-3:30 p.m. (Eastern)
Museum registrars, collections managers and curators: Join experienced colleagues in a practical review of collection issues made more difficult by dwindling resources, energy and time. Topics to be covered include institutional guidelines, processing incoming objects, accessioning, legal problem-solving, and keeping track of collections. Come armed with your toughest collection conundrums and your best efforts to "stump the experts."
If you are interested in attending the webinar at one of these institutions, please contact them directly to RSVP:
Alabama:
L.A. Art Services, LLC
Art Collections Management for Private Collections, Corporate Collections and Museums
Erin Schovel Turnham, Registrar
Old Alabama Town (webinar site)
Montgomery, Alabama
334-545-4554 eschovel@yahoo.com laartservices@gmail.com www.laartservices.com
Florida:
Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
Stacy Slavichak, Collections Manager
Nova Southeastern University
One East Las Olas Blvd.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
Telephone: 954-262-0248 sslavichak@moafl.org
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Françoise Hack, Registrar
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243
Telephone: 941-359-5700 x1501 Francoise.Hack@ringling.org Louisiana: The Historic New Orleans Collection Warren Woods, Collections Manager/Exhibitions Coordinator 533 Royal Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Telephone: 504-598-7129 warrenw@hnoc.org
North Carolina:
Archives/Genealogy/Local History/Rare Books
Andy Poore, Curator of Special Collections
Mooresville Public Library
304 South Main Street
Mooresville, North Carolina 28115
apoore@ ci.mooresville.nc.us
Virginia:
Museum of the Confederacy
Melinda Gales, Registrar
1201 East Clay Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Telephone: 804-649-1861 ext. 12 mgales@moc.org
It has beensuggested that each person attending the webinar at one of the host institutions make a donation of $5to the hostto cover the cost of the webinar and hand-outs.
Just a reminder, this webinar is brought to you in collaboration with American Association of Museums (AAM), the AAM Registrars Committee (RC-AAM),and LearningTimes, proud sponsor of AAM 2009 Online Professional Development. Collections Conundrums is one in the Museum Essentials series of online professional development webinars.Check out http://www.aam-us.org/getinvolved/learn/museumessentialsseries.cfm for more information. Upcoming webinars in the series are detailed below.
Planning for Exemplary Visitor Experiences
September 9, 2009
2-3:30 p.m. (Eastern)
In collaboration with the AAM Committee on Education (EdCom).
Led by Marcella Wells, President, Wells Resources, Inc., Ft. Collins, CO
Audience Research and Evaluation: Why it Matters Now More Than Ever September 23, 2009
2-3:30 p.m. (Eastern)
Presented in collaboration with the AAM Committee on Research and Evaluation (CARE)
Led By
Christine Reich, Manager of Informal Education Research and Evaluation, Museum of Science
Steven Yalowitz, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Learning Innovation
HR Basics: Evaluating and Coaching Employees
October 21, 2009
2-3:30 p.m. (Eastern)
In collaboration with the AAM Museum Management Committee (MMC)
Led by
Ellen Corradini, Director of Human Resources, The Corning Museum of Glass
Charlotte Montgomery, Director of Resource Allocation, Illinois State Museum
Project Management Basics November 4, 2009
2-3:30 p.m. (Eastern)
In collaboration with the AAM Museum Management Committee (MMC)
Led by Myriam Springuel, President, Springuel Consulting, Sarasota, FL
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact
Melinda Gales, Registrar & SERA Secretary:
The Museum of the Confederacy
1201 East Clay Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Ph: 804.649.1861 ext. 12
Fax: 804.644.7150
E-mail: mgales@moc.org
