Dear All,
THE OPENCULTURE 2011 SALE!
To celebrate OpenCulture 2011 - The Greatest Collections Management Show
on Earth!
The Collections Trust has slashed the prices of their Practical Guide
books by 50%.
Collections Trust Practical Guides
Documentation: a practical guide - the first stop for anyone wishing to
manage a museum collection and its documentation to a high standard. For
those with no previous museum experience, this book presents the basics
of documentation clearly and concisely, and for those with more
experience it provides an easy-reference guide to good documentation.
Collections Management: a practical guide - the source of reference for
anyone responsible for collecting, caring for, and recording information
about cultural collections and making them accessible to other people.
The framework method described in this book is based on that set out in
BSI PAS 197: Code of Practice for Cultural Collections Management.
Copyright: a practical guide - guidance for anyone wishing to manage
copyright in a collection. This book will be of interest to archive,
library and museum professionals and provides a first stop in copyright
guidance for collections managers, archivists, curators, librarians,
volunteers, students and trustees.
Pest Management: a practical guide - provides cultural heritage
organisations with essential information on identifying and dealing with
pest problems, and gives comprehensive guidance on implementing an
effective pest management programme.
The books include chapters on key subject areas, Top Tips, Bewares and
Legal Alerts, and utilise bullets-points, tables and flow charts, and
are written in Plain English, making them accessible to anyone working
within the cultural heritage sector.
You can purchase the books online from:
http://shop.collectionslink.org.uk or www.amazon.co.uk
Or via order form, downloadable from the Collections Trust website:
www.collectionstrust.org.uk/index.cfm/services/publications
So take advantage while it lasts!
To find out more about OpenCulture 2011 just go to
www.openculture2011.org.uk
Gordon.
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Gordon McKenna
International Development Manager
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Tel: +44 (0)207 250 8339 (direct)
www.collectionstrust.org.uk
www.collectionslink.org.uk
www.culturegrid.org.uk
OpenCulture 2011
The Greatest Collections Management Show on Earth!
The Custard Factory, Birmingham, 7th & 8th June 2011
Register online at www.openculture2011.org.uk
Company Registration No: 1300565
Registered Charity No: 273984
Registered Office: Collections Trust c/o CAN Mezzanine, Downstream
Building, No1 London Bridge, London SE1 9BG
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