Collections Management in the Age of COVID-19
Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2021
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Collections Management in the Age of COVID-19," at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
The 2020 pandemic has affected all of us in every detail of our lives, both personal and professional. This session aims to focus on how collections managers have had to adapt to caring for their collections, whether general collections management, accepting new collections, allowing access to those collections, and other aspects of our jobs that we have had to adjust to the 'new normal'. Issues explored are wide-ranging, but include explorations of how people been personally impacted as individuals responsible for collections as well as creative approaches to completing projects despite limited access. We also hope to explore whether time spent during quarantine actually benefited some repositories and museums
Other Keywords
Collections Management •
Artifacts •
Covid-19 •
Museums •
Repository •
George Washington •
digitization •
Digital •
Risk Management •
OPAC
Geographic Keywords
Northeastern United States •
Central Canada •
MID ATLANTIC •
MENA [Middle East-North Africa]
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Are We Doing This Right? How Do You ‘Museum’ When Faced With The COVID Curveball? (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Collections Management in the Age of COVID-19" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. On the 16th of March our jobs as we knew them changed drastically. All employees of The George Washington Foundation were ordered to work from home with no set date to return. What was predicted to be a few weeks turned into two and a half months. For an archaeology department in a museum this posed numerous challenges including...
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An Artifacts Coordinator in Egypt: COVID-19, Collections Management, and Opening a Museum in the Developing World (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Collections Management in the Age of COVID-19" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. COVID-19 has had an inevitable impact on the management of artifact collections in both museum and archaeology settings around the world. This is as true of developing countries such as Egypt as it is in North America, Europe, or Australasia. Through a combination of professional perspective and informal personal anecdote, the...
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Digital Curation In The Age of Covid: Using the FAIR Principles to Foster Preservation, Access, and Reuse (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Collections Management in the Age of COVID-19" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Cultural heritage managers continually face deadlines and milestones that digital resources help to meet them. Yet, many materials related to past assessments, surveys, or excavations are in hard-copy form only. They are difficult to access when SHPO offices, archives, or other hard-copy repositories are closed. In the current...
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Remote Control: Collections Intake, Output & Policy During The Time Of Covid At The Ontario Heritage Trust (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Collections Management in the Age of COVID-19" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Our focus on managing the Trust's provincially significant archaeological collections since March 2020 has been via remote access until the province reached Stage 3 of its re-opening in August. Remote access created new opportunities to focus on policy development, discussions and development of an OPAC for our website with our...
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Time for a Reboot: Some Unexpected Benefits from the Covid-19 Pandemic Closure at the New York State Museum (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Collections Management in the Age of COVID-19" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. New York City, Westchester County, and other downstate areas were devastated by the coronavirus pandemic during March and April of 2020. The New York State government took necessary, responsible, and decisive measures to control the spread of the virus, flatten the curve, and save lives. Businesses and state agencies closed to...