User talk:Pshore/sandbox

Article Review
Patty - This is an excellent start to becoming a featured article. I think it was great that you made a clear stance on the difference between a registrar and collections manager. The images you chose to use are pertinent and give you a sense of what collections look like behind the scene. I would look to expand your "Collections Manager Responsibilities" section. The bullet points do an effective job of outlining the basic roles, but I would start to delve in deeper to those responsibilities. I would include some information on popular CM databases and links to external sources for job postings, groups, or resources. You also briefly address the differences between a collections manager in different institutions, but I think it would be really beneficial to expand on that. Great article so far! Areppertgerber (talk) 23:41, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Article Review
Patty, your article looks great! It is organized well, and has a wonderful use of photos! After reflecting on how it compares to my article about a Registrar, I agree that a Collections Manager and Registrar can be one in the same at some institutions as you have acknowledged. You provide wonderful references - those are great books! I would maybe explore more, or more specific, avenues for experience. You might not want a commercial storage attendant, or general mover to seem like pertinent experience (for a handler maybe). However, you did preface 'experience' with having an undergraduate education in a museum studies related field. I think your mention of a Collections Manager writing a collections policy is wonderful. However, I would maybe state that the manager 'works collaboratively with registrars, curators, handlers, etc.....' to create the policy. It can tie in who the collections manager mainly works with and illustrates that this position can be a supervisory role. Great job! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmadre1 (talk • contribs) 12:55, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Outline Review
Patty, your outline so far looks good. You’re on the right tract to fleshing it out and providing a more substantial description of what role collection managers play within the larger cultural institution workforce. It also follows Wiki guidelines for citing sources and your tone is neutral. One aspect to consider for your article is the types of collections collection managers work with (thinking back to our last group assignment in Week 4) and how collection managers work with others responsible for collection care. You’ve touched on registrars; however collection managers also work with facilities and housekeeping departments as well as conservators, and exhibition fabricators.

For organizations/professional societies I’d recommend including the Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists, PACCIN (Preparation, Art handling, Collections Care Information Network), the Society of American Archivists, and the American Alliance of Museums (I know you’ve probably already thought of this one but, just in case). Depending on the type of collection or museum focus, collection managers will usually have memberships in regional associations too. For example, while working in special collections I had memberships to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, and Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Latte&mtdew (talk • contribs) 16:59, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Outline Review
Patty, I think you're off to a great start with this article on the role of a collection manager. I liked that you included a heading on related professions (I think I will do the same on mine!) that will most likely contain links to some of the other collection roles articles people are creating in this class. Something that I think you can consider adding to your article is a link to a real collection management policy that is available online, such as the MIT Museum's Collection's Policy: http://web.mit.edu/museum/collections/manual.html. Something else to consider including in your article is a mention of emergency preparedness and how it relates to a collection manager's job. This could be a good opportunity to link to Jordan's article on emergency response. LauraADabrowski (talk) 03:24, 17 April 2014 (UTC)