Talk:Conservation and restoration of Pompeian frescoes

Article Review
Peri,

I believe this was a very thorough and well-written encyclopedic definition of a Collections Manager in a cultural institution. You had appropriate structure with your table of contents, and very extensive and consistent citations throughout the page. I thought your link to other wiki articles were helpful as well as your “See Also” page.

Throughout your page, your topics were more than what I personally chose, and also thought provoking. Your tie between the collaboration with a collection manager and conservator under “condition reports” was a very smooth transition, and I liked how you spoke about the documentation of the environmental conditions under “record keeping & managing the database” which I don’t think is always considered.

Would you say a collections manager and registrar are interchangeable roles and titles within a museum or are they different? Possibly it depends on the institution if they have one or both. From our lecture this week it was interesting to hear Barbara Applebaum say that conservators and curators don’t work as closely together as they should. I wonder if that is the same case regarding collection managers. You also stated, “In other words, the primary role of collection managers is preventive conservation” and I would go as far to say that that is everyone’s role in a cultural institution.

Overall, this was a great read and I feel like I learned a lot!

Ameenabossier (talk) 02:16, 14 February 2018 (UTC)Ameenabossier

Article response
Peri,

This is an excellently researched article! A collections manager is easily one of the most important roles within a collecting institution. There are a number of responsibilities that a collection manager takes on but it looks like you've succinctly covered what each of those are. I am particularly impressed by your linking to different collections topics throughout your article, which really helps in giving additional context to what collections managers do.

In terms of organization, I might move the collections manager's role in preventative conservation under the umbrella of their job responsibilities but other than that I think it looks great! I might also be interested in learning how the collections manager role changes at different museums. For example, I work in a natural history museum which has collection managers but since they work with biological specimens their role is quite different from that of a history museum collections manager, for example. They are more involved with scientific field work but still take on some of the responsibilities mentioned in your article.

Kelsey

Kmanahan1221 (talk) 17:27, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Review
Hi Peri,

I enjoyed reading your article and thought it was very well written. I like the way that you broke down the roles and responsibilities of the Collections Manager and gave extensive definitions for each one. You also have an extensive list of resources that are cited throughout the article which really add strength to what you are writing about.

I see Kelsey mentioned this already, but I would put the preventative conservation section with the other responsibilities. I think you've done an excellent job showing how the collections manager's job might overlap with other roles. While I would add something about how some aspects of the position might change in regards to the type of collection, you did include how the position might change depending on institution size. Wonderful article!

Emilyrose28 (talk) 15:18, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Copyvio checked ok. Legacypac (talk) 16:57, 17 April 2018 (UTC)