Tackling Collections Backlogs for Small Museums
In collaboration with the
Small Museum Administrators’ Committee (SMAC), Registrars Committee (RC) and
Curators Committee (CurCom), Professional Networks of the American Alliance of
Museums
Colleagues with
a range of experience working in and with small museums discuss issues related
to tackling collections backlogs, including ways to approach a collections
backlog, prioritize tasks and implement practical solutions. Presenters offer
suggestions for immediate, intermediate and longer-range solutions and action
steps and discuss how tackling a collections backlog fits within an overall
collections management strategy.
Presenters
Karen
DePauw, coordinator, Local History Services, Indiana Historical Society,
Indianapolis, IN; Charlotte
Fitz-Daniels, executive director and curator of collections &
exhibitions, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NC; Jessica Jenkins, independent museum
consultant; Melinda McCrary,
executive director, Richmond Museum of History, Richmond, CA; Cynthia
Ann Bettison,
director & archaeologist Western New Mexico University Museum, Silver City,
NM; Tamara Hemmerlein, director, Local History Services (and SMAC
chair), Indiana Historical Society,
Indianapolis