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  2. Cultural property documentation - Wikipedia

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    The documentation of cultural property is a critical aspect of collections care.As stewards of cultural property, museums collect and preserve not only objects but the research and documentation connected to those objects, in order to more effectively care for them.

  3. Collections management - Wikipedia

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    The lack of appropriate record-keeping systems in museums compromises the security of museum collections and threatens the role of museums as information centers. Planned and systematized management of records improves programs and activities in museums, thereby leading to effective governance and operation of the museum. [4]

  4. A conservation technician examining an artwork under a microscope at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. The conservation and restoration of books, manuscripts, documents, and ephemera is an activity dedicated to extending the life of items of historical and personal value made primarily from paper, parchment, and leather.

  5. Conservation and restoration of cultural property - Wikipedia

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    Understanding of the effectiveness of museum education will be improved further and best practice built into education programmes. The value of museums' collections as a research resource will be well understood and better links built between the academic community and museums. Museums will embrace their role in fostering, exploring ...

  6. Preservation (library and archive) - Wikipedia

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    Helped museums and libraries in Florence recover books damaged from the 1966 flood of the Arno and the 1972 flood of the Corning Museum of Glass [59] Peter Waters, former Conservation Officer at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, worked in the areas of disaster recovery and preparedness, and the salvaging of water-damaged paper goods.

  7. Collections management system - Wikipedia

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    In 1997, art historian and museum information studies consultant Robert A. Baron outlined the requirements for Collections Management Systems, not as a list of the kinds of collections object information that should be recorded, but rather as a list of collections activities such as administration, loan, exhibition, preservation, and retrieval, [13] tasks that museums had been responsible for ...

  8. International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and ...

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    Since 1965, ICCROM has offered courses to mid-career professionals on a wide range of topics that include archaeological site conservation, architectural records and inventories, built heritage conservation, conservation decision making, cultural heritage management, preventive conservation in museums and risk management to endangered collections.

  9. Education Resources Information Center - Wikipedia

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    The mission of ERIC is to provide a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information for educators, researchers, and the general public. Education research and information are essential to improving teaching, learning, and educational decision-making.