Product Description

Explaining and critically reviewing management procedures such as performance indicators and strategic planning, this book shows how techniques from mainstream management can be used to facilitate a holistic and professional approach to the business of conservation and collection preservation. It offers practical guidance on strategy, quantitative planning and condition surveying, and presents many solutions to the challenges faced by museum staff and conservation specialists.
This new edition takes into account changes such as the arrival of the Heritage Lottery Fund, policies for access and the growing convergence of museums, libraries and archives. It also highlights the advent of digital collections and the use of information and communications technology.

* Learn about professional management information techniques and how to apply them to the preservation of collections
* Covers the latest issues in conservation management, including information on digital collections, to give readers a full understanding of the subject
* An ideal reference which demystifies the issue of 'management'

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #126840 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 258 pages

Review
Review of previous edition:

'Every conservation department should have a copy, and most conservation managers will find themselves dipping into it again and again after they have read it through once.'
Studies in Conservation

From the Publisher
By analysing the concepts of the systems which underlie museum operations, the reader reaches a new understanding of the importance and place of collections preservation in museums. The practice and management of conservation are examined and the book shows how management information techniques can be applied in order to understand, monitor and control conservation work and processes.The management techniques which are explained and critically reviewed include performance indicators, strategic planning, decision making and priority setting. This new edition takes into account the arrival of the Heritage Lottery Fund, policies for access, education and social inclusion, the arrival of Re:Source, local government accountability and the growing convergence of museums, libraries and archives. It also highlights the arrival of digital collections and the use of information and communications technology, which have had a huge impact on museums everywhere.

About the Author
Suzanne Keene was Head of Collections Management, Science Museum, London until becoming an independent consultant and lecturer.