MRM5 : museum registration methods / edited by Rebecca A. Buck and Jean Allman Gilmore.

MRM5 : museum registration methods /

The first new edition in a decade of this famous "Bible of the museum registrar," rewritten, expanded and fully updated. MRM5 encompasses all that needs to be known and done when a museum accessions, measures, marks, moves, displays or stores an object or artifact of any knd. New with the...

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Online Access:Digital bookplate
Other Authors: Buck, Rebecca A., 1946- (Editor), Gilmore, Jean Allman, 1946- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : AAM Press, American Association of Museums, [2010]
Edition:5th edition.
Subjects:
Museum registration methods.
Museums > Collection management.
Acquisition Notes:Gertrud A. White Memorial Fund
Table of Contents:
  • Section 1. The profession. 1A. History of registration / Rebecca Buck
  • 1B. Collection roles / Rebecca Buck
  • 1C. The administrative placement of registration and collections care in museums / Mark Janzen
  • 1D. A composite job description for the registrar / Rebecca Buck
  • 1E. The role of the registrar in the museum's web / Charles Hummel
  • Why I love museum registrars! / Janet Burnett Grossman
  • Insurance and the importance of the registrar / Bill Allen
  • The registrar's bookshelf / Rebecca Buck
  • The profession: hypotheticals.
  • Section 2. Policies. 2A. Collections management policies / John E. Simmons
  • 2B. Ad hoc policies for collections managers / Robin Meador-Woodruff
  • Policies: hypotheticals.
  • Section 3. The basics. 3A. Initial custody and documentation / Rebecca Buck
  • 3B. Acquisitions and accessioning / Clarisse Carnell, Rebecca Buck
  • 3C. Repositories / Kara J. Hurst
  • 3D. Provenance research in museum collections / Karen D. Daly
  • 3E. Documenting contemporary art / Mark B. Schlemmer
  • The basics I: hypotheticals. 3F. Old loans / Ildiko Pogany DeAngelis
  • 3G. Old loans: state legislation / Kathryn Speckart
  • 3H. Model museum unclaimed property law MAAM Registrars Committee
  • 3I. Deaccessioning / Martha Morris, Antonia Moser
  • 3J. Deaccessioning risk chart / Rebecca Buck
  • 3K. Found-in-collection / Rebecca Buck
  • The basics II: hypotheticals. 3L. Loans / Sally Freitag, Cherie Summers, Judy Cline
  • 3M. Organizing loan and traveling exhibitions / Julia Bakke
  • 3N. In-house exhibitions / Gwen Bitz
  • 3O. Hosting traveling exhibitions / Deborah Slaney
  • The basics III: hypotheticals.
  • Section 4. Records management. 4A. Types of files / Kittu Longstreth-Brown, Rebecca Buck
  • 4B. Manual systems / Kittu Longstreth-Brown, Rebecca Buck
  • 4C. Computerized systems / Suzanne Quigley, Perian Sully
  • 4D. Digital asset management / Olivia Arnone
  • 4E. Basic components of an institutional archive / K. Sharon Bennett
  • Documentation systems: hypotheticals.
  • Section 5. Collections management. 5A. Numbering / Rebecca Buck
  • 5B. Object handling / Dixie Neilson
  • 5C. Measuring / Holly Young
  • 5D. Condition reporting / Marie Demeroukas
  • 5E. Marking / Tamara Johnston, Robin Meador-Woodruff, Terry Segal
  • 5F. Photography / Scott Hankins
  • Collections management I: hypotheticals
  • 5G. Preventive care / Genevieve Fisher
  • 5H. Storage / Lynn Swain, Rebecca Buck
  • 5I. Inventory / Maureen McCormick
  • 5J. Preparation / Claudia Jacobson
  • Collections management II: hypotheticals
  • 5K. Moving and rigging safety / David Ryan
  • 5L. Packing and crating / Brent Powell, John Molini, T. Ashley McGrew
  • 5M. Shipping by land, air and sea / Irene Taurins
  • 5N. Import and export / Racine Berkow
  • 5O. Couriering / Cherie Summers
  • 5P. RC-AAM courier policy statement
  • Collections management III: hypotheticals.
  • Section 6. Risk management. 6A. Risk management overview / Paisley S. Cato, Sean Tarpey
  • 6B. Insurance / Sean Tarpey, Patricia J. Hayes, Deborah Peak
  • 6C. Emergency preparedness planning / Paisley S. Cato, Anne Fuhrman Douglas
  • 6D. Emergency response and recovery / Paisley S. Cato
  • 6E. Security systems and fire protection systems / Paisley S. Cato
  • 6F. Integrated pest management / Albert Green, Nancy L. Breisch
  • 6G. Registrars and sustainability / Lea Foster Warden, Sara Frantz
  • Risk management: hypotheticals.
  • Section 7. Ethical and legal issues. 7A. Ethics for registrars and collections managers / Rebecca Buck
  • 7B. Collections ethics / Ildiko Pogany DeAngelis
  • 7C. Care of sacred and culturally sensitive objects / Alison Edwards
  • Ethics: hypotheticals. 7D. Copyright / Christine Steiner
  • 7E. Photographic services and rights and reproductions / Mary F. Holahan, Bethany Engel, Jennifer Holl
  • 7F. AAMD tax primer / Anita M. Difanis
  • 7G. Appraisals / Sonja Tanner-Kaplash
  • Legal issues I: hypotheticals
  • 7H. Compying with NAGPRA / C. Timothy McKeown, Amanda Murphy, Jennifer Schansberg
  • 7I. Biological material: fish, wildlife and plants / William G. Tompkins, Elaine L. Johnston, Julie L. Haifley
  • 7J. Contracts / Suzanne Quigley
  • Legal issues II: hypotheticals
  • Glossary.

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