AIM722 - Managing Collections
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | SQM613 |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 4 x 2.5-hour on-site lectures/practical experience (field trips) per trimester 4 x 2-hour online seminars per trimester please refer to unit site for dates and times |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | 4 x 1-hour online seminars per trimester please refer to unit site for dates and times |
Content
There are three main themes:
1. Significance assessment and collection development
- assessment of significance of movable cultural heritage and museum acquisitions
- ethical and legal implications of moving, acquiring or disposing of an object or collection
- theoretical and practical guidance for development of management policies for movable cultural heritage and the development of museum collections
2. Managing Collections: Cataloguing and Documentation
- legal documentation, registration and cataloguing of movable cultural heritage and museum objects
- records management, identifying and using appropriate information systems
- documentation for object management
3. Care and Conservation of Objects
- strategies and plans for care of collections and movable cultural heritage
- conservator's role
- emergency preservation of movable cultural heritage
Unit Fee Information
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