Thanks to our Departing Board Members & Registration Now Open for St. Louis Conference ARCS Update Vol 10 Issue 14
July 7, 2025 | ARCS NewsDeparting Board Members
ARCS wishes to extend our heartfelt thank you to our departing board members:
- Melissa Bechhoeffer, Director of Integrative Collections, Denver Museum of Nature & Science
- Elise LeCompte, Registrar, Florida Museum of Natural History
- Shannon White, Collections Manager, Gaston County Museum.
Serving on the board since 2019, Melissa, Elise, and Shannon also served on the Executive Committee as President, Secretary, and Treasurer respectively. Under their leadership, ARCS developed and formalized various policies and procedures crucial to our success today. As we all know, ARCS relies on the volunteer service of those in our field, and with leaders like Melissa, Elise, and Shannon volunteering their time, our organization can continue to grow and the impacts are felt throughout our profession. We thank you for your service to the Board of Directors and our profession!
2025 Conference
November 18-21, 2025
St. Louis Union Station
1820 Market St, St. Louis, MO 63103
The Association of Registrars and Collection Specialists invites you to join us at our 2025 conference to share bold, ambitious, and unique actions through ideas of interconnectedness, listening, and caretaking in service of the care of our collections in the PRESENT tense.
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Programming Updates
STiCH Carbon Calculator July 23, 2025 Webinar
Sustainability Tools in Cultural Heritage (STiCH) recently published an updated, improved version of the STiCH Carbon Calculator. Join project leads Sarah Nunberg, Matthew Eckelman, and Sarah Sutton to explore the features of the new tool and how you can use it to make data-driven decisions to reduce the carbon footprint of your work.
