This course will introduce you to and guide you through the RE-ORG Method, a step-by-step approach to storage organization that will help you to reorganize your current storage rooms, focusing on the creative, yet safe, use of existing resources.

During this four-part self-study course, participants will learn about essential aspects of collections management, from the acquisition and registration of objects through the care, use, and deaccessioning of objects.

By adapting and applying what has been learned about sustainable preservation at larger institutions, the field can also more substantially address the need to meet international, federal, and state sustainability goals.

The objective of this course is to enable participants from small to mid-size institutions to undertake a risk assessment that identifies natural, traditional, made or non-traditional hazards and evaluates the risk impact.

This course will cover the components of how to evaluate potential pesticide contamination and human risk.

Utilizing multiple teaching tools, including readings, podcasts, videos, and discussions, this course will guide participants through the development process of their Collections Management Policy.

In this course participants will learn the essential components of a Long Range Preservation Plan, become familiar with key preventive conservation concepts, and gain skills in both risk assessment and the prioritization of preservation needs.

In this course students will learn about the specific deterioration risk factors for collection materials, how materials deteriorate and what practical steps can be taken to improve storage conditions and promote long-term preservation for institutions of various sizes and collection materials.

This course is open to caretakers of photographic collections at small and mid-sized cultural institutions.

This course will walk participants through the process of building positive foundations of mutual respect and trust, essential to collaborative work

This course will use hazards within collections to introduce participants to the basic principles of occupational health and safety; the role of health and safety regulations; the identification and control of hazards; and planning and implementing risk management strategies.

With this 5-part course, participants will learn how to plan for projects involving the preservation of magnetic audio or video tapes.