Collections Management

A alienacao responsavel

by Inês Fialho Brandão

Op ed in Publico newspaper regarding Museum deaccession

Semedo2010_Estudos e gestao de colecções praticas de formação e investigação

by Alice Semedo

Elsewhere Collaborative: Museum Collections

by Stacey Marie Garcia

Climate Change and Museum Collections

by The International Institute for Conservation IIC

Climate Change and Museum Collections
London, 17th of September 2008

The changing climate of our... more Climate Change and Museum Collections
London, 17th of September 2008

The changing climate of our earth has implications that go well beyond the dramatic effects of storms and rising sea levels, shifts in migratory patterns and habitats, or the potential for increased health risks from pollutants. Weather patterns and temperature variations also affect the long term preservation of the world’s cultural treasures which we enjoy and which inspire us every day.

The threats that come with climate change do not just exist in the outdoor environment. The delicate and fragile treasures within our museums are also susceptible. Museum and house collections that may not have previously required environmental control may soon require such efforts to meet their preservation responsibilities. Those collections protected by environmental systems may be at greater risk if such systems are not updated and expanded in capacity. To remain effective the maintenance plans for historic buildings, public monuments, and archaeological sites will require adaptation to our changing climate.

2005. Teaching Risk Management of Collections Internationally

by Stefan Michalski

Antomarchi, C., A. Brokerhof, S. Michalski, I. Verger, R. Waller. 2005. Teaching Risk Management of Collections Internationally. Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, 2. No. 2, August. pp.117-140.

1997. The Lighting Decision

by Stefan Michalski

Michalski, S. The Lighting Decision. Fabric of an Exhibition, Preprints of Textile Symposium 97, Canadian Conservation Institute, Ottawa, 1997, pp.97-104.

Recent guidelines from the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) on the lighting of artifacts suggest an explicit... more Recent guidelines from the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) on the lighting of artifacts suggest an explicit balance between visibility and vulnerability. Visibility requirements reduce to one benchmark, 50 lux, and three possible reasons for increments in this benchmark: for low contrast details (up to x3), for dark objects (up to x3), and for old age (up to x3). The source of these simplified factors is reviewed, and their application to viewing textiles is explored. Vulnerability in textiles ranges from the very high to the very low. This range, and how one can know what one has, is reviewed. The CCI microspot fibre optics fading test offers a solution for textiles.

1998. Climate Control Priorities and Solutions for Collections in Historic Buildings

by Stefan Michalski

Michalski, S. Climate Control Priorities and Solutions for Collections In Historic Buildings. Historic Preservation Forum, 12, no 4 Summer 1998, pp.8-14.

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2000. Guidelines for humidity and temperature in Canadian archives

by Stefan Michalski

Michalski, S. 2000. Guidelines for Humidity and Temperature for Canadian Archives, CCI Technical Bulletin #23. Canadian Conservation Institute, Ottawa.

Purchase at https://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/bookstore/viewCategory-e.cfm?id=18

2002. Double the life for each five-degree drop, more than double the life for each halving of relative humidity

by Stefan Michalski

Michalski, S. 2002. Double the Life for Five Degrees Drop, Double the Life for Half the RH. Thirteenth Triennial meeting ICOM-CC, Rio de Janeiro, 22-27 September 2002. London: James & James.

Data on accelerated ageing and the effect of temperature and relative humidity (RH) are reviewed for paper, film and... more Data on accelerated ageing and the effect of temperature and relative humidity (RH) are reviewed for paper, film and magnetic media studies. The activation energy for most paper and film studies falls in the range (80 to 120) kJmol-1. For decay in magnetic media binder and yellowing of damar resin, the activation energies fall in a lower range, (60 to 80) kJ mol-1. The average activation energy value of 100 kJmol-1 implies a rule of thumb: double the lifetime for each 5°C drop, so 70 kJmol-1 implies 7°C. A theoretical derivation from transition state theory suggests that these approximate rules are predictable and, hence, universal for materials in museums with chemical instability problems. The available data on relative humidity dependence suggests that half the relative humidity will more than double lifetimes for acid hydrolysis. Hence, the title of this article holds generally for museums. A graph of constant lifetimes on the psychrometric chart is presented.

2004. Risk analysis of backing boards for paintings: damp climates vs cold climates

by Stefan Michalski

Michalski, S. 2005. Risk analysis of backing boards for paintings: damp climates vs cold climates. Colour and Conservation - Materials and Methods in the Conservation of Polychrome Art Works. Minimal Intervention on the Structural Conservation of Paintings. Proceedings of the CESMAR7 Conference, Thiene, October 2004. Padua: Il Prato. Available English and Italian editions.

Purchase entire postprints here: http://www.ilprato.com/il_prato_restauro/acquisti_libri_restauro.htm (Search for "Minimo intervento conservativo" There is only one version, a mix of articles in Italan and English)

2004. Effective preservation: from reaction to prediction

by Stefan Michalski

Waller, R. and S. Michalski. 2004. Effective preservation: From reaction to prediction. The Getty Conservation Institute Newsletter, 19, number 1. pp 4-9.

2007. The ideal climate, risk management, the ASHRAE chapter, proofed fluctuations, and towards a full risk analysis model

by Stefan Michalski

Michalski, S. The ideal climate, risk management, the ASHRAE chapter, proofed fluctuations, and towards a full risk analysis model. Proceedings of an Experts Roundtable on Sustainable Climate Control Strategies, Tenerife, 2007. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.

see associated round table discussion at
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/science/climate/climate_experts_roundtable.html

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2008. Social discount rate: Modeling collection value to future generations, and understanding the difference between short-term and long-term preservation actions

by Stefan Michalski

Michalski, S. 2008. Social discount rate: Modeling collection value to future generations, and understanding the difference between short-term and long-term preservation actions. In: 15th Triennial conference New Delhi September 2008: ICOM Committee for Conservation. pp.751-758.

CCI is developing a computer model of collection value, in order to clarify risk based decision making. A fundamental... more CCI is developing a computer model of collection value, in order to clarify risk based decision making. A fundamental design issue is the accrual of value over time, and the weighting of the future by the “social discount curve.” In the process of exploring this problem, the history of ideas in utilitarian moral philosophy over the last 200 years was found to provide useful clarity and terminology. An Analytica™ model of collection value over time is presented, with a preliminary study of the role of discount rate and multiple values on preservation decisions.

2011. Museum climate and global climate: Doing the right thing for both

by Stefan Michalski

Michalski. S. Museum climate and global climate: Doing the right thing for both. In: REFLECTIONS on Conservation. 2001. pp. 9-11.
also available in French

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2011. Le climat dans les musées et le climat mondial: Comment adopter des mesures appropriées aux deux.

by Stefan Michalski

Le climat dans les musées et le climat mondial: Comment adopter des mesures appropriées aux deux. REFLEXIONS sur la conservation, 2011. 9-11.
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Murder in the Museum (Essay)

by etienne boumans

Essay. Reflections on Peter van Mensch's Essay on “Against all norms and values”. Dilemmas of collecting controversial contemporary objects, published in COMCOL Newsletter No 11, October 2010.

Das digitale Museum-Das DAS-Projekt im Lippischen Landesmuseum Detmold

by Guido Nockemann

Magazine article (AFAKTOR 4/11, p.36-39) about the DAS-project (Digitization of the archaeological collection of the Lippischen Landesmuseum Detmold/Germany)

Evaluation of Motor Vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics Collections Using White's Power Method of Collection Analysis

by H. Stephen McMinn

McMinn, H. S. (2011). "Evaluation of Motor Vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics Collections Using White's Power Method of Collection Analysis." Collection Management 36(1): 29-52.

The motor vehicles, aeronautics, and astronautics collection at Iowa State University (ISU) was compared with the... more The motor vehicles, aeronautics, and astronautics collection at Iowa State University (ISU) was compared with the collections at 14 other research libraries using the coverage power test method developed by Howard D. White. The coverage power test method by White is an extension of his brief test method utilized to determine a subject collection's Research Libraries Group or Western Library Network Conspectus rating by comparing the library's holdings for the selected subject area to the holdings in the WorldCat database for this subject area. This collection evaluation was originally designed to benchmark ISU's aeronautics and astronautics collection with those of peer institutions and the top-ranked aeronautical and aerospace engineering programs. The study was designed to gauge whether the ISU Library's holdings and acquisitions were keeping pace with peer institutions or whether additional resources should be allocated to support this program. Due to the inability of the WorldCat database to exclude the motor vehicle call number ranges, the entire Conspectus category 'motor vehicles, aeronautics, and astronautics' was examined.

Audits of Care: a Framework for Collections Condition Surveys

by Suzanne Keene

The Dennis Curry Collection at the Natural History Museum, London

by Lucy Muir

Published in Whittaker, J.E. & Hart, M.B. (eds) Micropalaeontology, Sedimentary Environments and Stratigraphy: A Tribute to Dennis Curry (1912–2001). The Micropalaeontological Society, Special Publications.

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Dennis Curry was both a businessman and a geologist. He was Chairman of Currys for many years, a job that still... more Dennis Curry was both a businessman and a geologist. He was Chairman of Currys for many years, a job that still allowed him to spend significant time on scientific research and fossil collecting. His achievements as a scientist were impressive, with more than 120 publications and various awards from the scientific community. His collection, containing in excess of 90 000 molluscs, 700 micropalaeontological slides and other material, was donated to the Natural History Museum, London. The collection contains material from all over the world, but mostly from southern England and France. His family have made funds available to ensure proper curation of the collection. The material has been sorted, reboxed and organized, and is available to researchers.