Resource Kit

Resource Submission

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ARCS Website Resource Submission Form (opens in a new window)

*Please note: All resources submitted will be reviewed by the Educational Resources Sub-Committee prior to posting. 

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From Basics to Barcodes: Leveraging Technology for Collection Projects (Conference Session, 2019)

May 15, 2021

For years, registrars used good ol’ pencil and paper to track their collections, but technology has now become a normal part of a registrar’s daily routine and the go-to method for managing collections. However, when faced with a large-scale collecti…

Winter is Coming: Cold Storage for Photographs (Conference Session, 2019)

May 15, 2021

This session will present macro and micro views related to cold storage at two institutions: The Amon Carter Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2018, The Amon Carter expanded their photography vaults which required the relocation of 45,000…

Art of the 4th Dimension: Working with Time-Based Media (Conference Session, 2017)

May 15, 2021

No other medium has a relationship to entropy quite like time-based media. By its very nature it presents unique difficulties for institutions and collectors. Due to the medium’s fundamental dependence on technology, duration, and interpretation, tim…

Collection Care with Materials Substitution in Thailand

November 3, 2017

Some archival products have been found whose qualities are as good as the imported ones and meet international standards. QSMT conservators agreed to use these materials in collection management, significantly reducing the museum’s budgeted expenditu…

Come Home: Access for Indigenous Communities and Practical Implications of Ceremonial Use of Collections

November 3, 2017

Many museums holding indigenous cultural materials face the challenge of providing appropriate museum care to those objects while making them available to the communities from which they come.