Museum Archives Standards and Best Practices Working Group:2018 Symposium

SAA Museum Archives Section Standards and Best Practices Working Group

2018 Annual Symposium

Wednesday, August 15, 2018, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Marriott Wardman Park, Washington D.C.

In most museums, the archives isn’t the only department stewarding records of archival or permanent value. Other departments, such as curatorial, conservation, and registration, also manage such records and are in charge of all aspects of their care, from preservation to access. Though they exist beyond their holdings, museum archivists are uniquely positioned to collaborate with colleagues on the management of these important records. How they may undertake this, if at all, varies widely from institution to institution. The Museum Archives Section’s Standards and Best Practices Working Group Annual Symposium will explore the museum archivist’s role in the care and stewardship of records held outside of the archives to begin to reach a consensus on best practices.

9:00 – 9:15: Welcome

Rachel Chatalbash, Yale Center for British Art

9:15 – 9:45: Collaboration with Curatorial Staff to Manage Archives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Speakers: James Moske and Angela Salisbury, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Slides

9:45 – 10:15: Field Books and Other Important Boundary Materials: Archival Collections in Science Museums

Speaker: Rebecca Morgan, American Museum of Natural History

Slides

10:15 – 10:30: Break

10:30 – 11:00: Stepping Out of the Archives: Proactive Practice for Born-digital Art Collection Documentation

Speaker: Cate Peebles, Yale Center for British Art

Slides

11:00 – 11:30: Dissemination and Access of Complex Records: Panza Collection Initiative, Phase III

Speaker: Tali Han, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

11:15-12:00: Roundtable discussion with speakers

Moderators: Tara Z. Laver, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and Katherine Meyers Satriano, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology