John E. Simmons

Broschiertes Buch

Things Great and Small

Collections Management Policies

Beschreibung

This revised edition of Things Great and Small is a comprehensive resource for preparing and applying collections management policies. Simmons reviews current ideas and literature on the subject, highlights the issues that collections management policies should address, and explains the pros and cons of choosing some policy options over others.

Autor

John E. Simmons has worked in museums for more than forty years. He has been a zookeeper, collections manager, museum studies instructor, director of a graduate program in museum studies, and a museum consultant. He has taught workshops, training programs, and museum studies classes for undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals in the US and internationally. At present, Simmons is an independent museum consultant and he teaches museum studies classes for Kent State University, the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and Museum Study. He also serves as the Adjunct Curator of Collections for the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery at The Pennsylvania State University. Simmons is the chairman-elect of the Registrars Committee of the American Association of Museums, and also serves on the board of ARCS (Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists).

Produktdetails

• American Alliance of Museums
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 668g
• ISBN-13: 9781442277458
• ISBN-10: 1442277459
• Artikelnr.: 48894157