Description
Managing prior to now unmanaged collections can also be challenging. The process of securing the collection and making it accessible needs the mindset of a collections manager in addition to the one of a project manager. The book is a step by step guide how to approach this situation, assuming that there is nothing initially but a collection that needs to be accessioned and the one who is assigned to do it. It is about how to bring order into the chaos, to define what is needed in relation to time, money, staff and material, to spot facility issues and potential dangers, and to use the power of networking to solve an in a different way unsolvable task.