Main entry:

Museum Documentation Association (Great Britain). Conference (1st : 1987 : Cambridge, England)

Title & Author:

Collections management for museums : proceedings of an international conference held in Cambridge, England, 26-29 September 1987 / the First Annual Conference of the Museum Documentation Association ; edited by D. Andrew Roberts.

Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. : The Association, 1988.

Description:

xx, 237 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index.
Collections management for museums / D. Andrew Roberts -- Surveys of collections management systems and practice. Introduction / Philip S. Doughty. Survey of North American collections management systems and practice / Jane E. Sledge. Overview of collections management practice in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea / Jennifer Game. Collections management systems and practice in United Kingdom museums / D. Andrew Roberts. Collections management systems and practice in museums in the Nordic countries / Carsten Larsen -- System design. Introduction / Peter Homulos. The scope and design of collections management systems / Richard Light. Checklist of automated collections management systems features, or, how to go about selecting a system / Jane Sunderland and Lenore Sarasan. Planning techniques for collections information systems / Stephen Toney -- Role of professional groups. Introduction / Peter Wilson. Role of professional groups in the United States / Karol Schmiegel. The Canadian experience / Sonja Tanner-Kaplash. The UK registrar : a future in the balance? / Fredericka Smith, Margaret Stewart and Jonathan Mason -- Procedural and policy developments in individual museums. Introduction / Roger Smither. The National Maritime Museum : planning for the future / Richard Ormond. Information technology in the Leicestershire Museums, Art Galleries and Records Service : past, present and future / Patrick J. Boylan. New applications for computers in the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside / Richard Foster and Philip Phillips. Collections management policy and procedure initiatives at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History / Katherine P. Spiess.
Inter-relationship of collections and risk management / Toshio Yamamoto. Collections management at the Australian National Gallery / Maxine Esau. Cataloguing procedures at the University Gallery, Melbourne / Annette Welkamp. Collections management in the Australian National Film and Sound Archive / David Watson -- Training and advisory developments. Introduction / Brian Morris. On the road again : the provision of documentation advice and training by the Museum Documentation Association / Stuart Holm. The IMC Foundation's advisory and training activities for Dutch museums / Jeanne Hogenboom. Training for collections management in the United Kingdom / Geoffrey Lewis. Teaching collections management for museums in the information age : curriculum planning for the Museum Studies Program, University of Toronto / Lynne Teather and Toshio Yamamoto. Collections management in relation to museum studies training in Australia / John C. Hodge. A graduate programme for documentation training : a student's experience / Joanne M. Neri. Museums and Galleries Commission (MGC) : new initiatives / Christopher Newbery -- Consultancy support for museums. Introduction / Timothy M. Ambrose. The role of management consultants / Rebecca Morgan. Providing documentation and automation consultancy support to United Kingdom museums / D. Andrew Roberts. Museum automation consultancy in the United States / Lenore Sarasan -- Collections management systems. Vendor/user forum and systems exhibition / Philip Doughty and D. Andrew Roberts.

ISBN:

090596361X
9780905963617

Subject:

Museums Collection management Congresses.
Museums Data processing Congresses.
Museums Acquisitions Congresses.
Museums Documentation Congresses.
Museums Management Congresses.
Musées Acquisitions Congrès.
Musées Gestion Congrès.
Musées Documentation Congrès.
Musées Gestion des collections Congrès.
Musées Informatique Congrès.
Museums Documentation
Museums Acquisitions
Museums Collection management
Museums Data processing
Museums Stock Administration

Form/genre:

Conference papers and proceedings

Added entries:

Roberts, D. Andrew (David Andrew)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 35174
Call No.: ID:88-B6549
Status: Available