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• Workshop: Basic Collections Care

  • When
    25 May 2017
  •  
    9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Caribou Public Library, 30 High St, Caribou
  • Spaces left
    9

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  Basic Collections Care

  

  This all-day workshop will introduce you to basic collections care principles and practices and will cover the following topics

  1. What is preservation vs. conservation
  2. Environmental concerns
  3. How to survey and process collections
  4. What is provenance and what is the difference between finding original order and creating original order?
  5. Determining what re-housing materials you will need for your collections
  6. Accession records for manuscript versus artifacts.
  7. Staff and Volunteer management—how to optimize workflow

  Attendees will also have an opportunity for on-hands archival work for better understanding of collections care.

  The goal of this workshop is to familiarize attendees to the world of archival and special collections care from manuscripts to artifacts.

  Attendees may stay after workshop to enjoy a tour of the Aroostook Country Genealogical Society collection and Caribou Public Library archives. 

  Morning coffee and bagels are included with registration.

  
  

  Schedule

  9:00AM - Coffee, bagels, and registration in the History Room

  9:30-12:00 - Workshop part 1—theory and practice

  12:00-1:00 - Lunch in the Caribou Room (enjoy your own or go to a local eatery 

  1:00-3:30 Workshop part 2—hands-on work

  3:30-4:30 Optional social mixer with refreshments in the Caribou Room

  
  

  Your Presenters

  This workshop is presented by Anastasia S. Weigle, Director of Library and Special Collections at the Caribou Public Library

  
  

  The Venue

  

  This event is hosted in the History Room at the Caribou Public Library.  

  
  

  Online registration will be open through May 22.  To register after this date, contact Anastasia Weigle at 207-493-5946.

  The size of the workshop space limits registration to 15 participants - register early to reserve your space!

  MAM members enjoy discounted registration (please log in first).  If you're not a member, join today!

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• Caribou Mixer

  • When
    25 May 2017
  •  
    3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Caribou Public Library, 30 High St, Caribou

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  Caribou Mixer
  

  

  Come meet your colleagues in The County!  This social mixer event immediately follows the Basic Collections Care workshop in the Caribou Room at the Caribou Public Library.

  Please RSVP so we know to bring enough refreshments. 

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• Workshop: Basic Archiving

  • When
    08 Jun 2017
  •  
    2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Colby College (Robinson Memorial Room in Special Collections at Miller Library), Waterville
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  Basic Archiving

  

  This basic archival workshop will give attendees a holistic understanding of collections care by discussing fundamentals of archives, including governance, preservation, arrangement and description, storage, access and outreach. Specific examples will illustrate key points and a list of resources will be provided. 

  Colby Special Collections will provide coffee, tea, and cookies.

  This workshop is co-presented by the Maine Historical Records Advisory Board.

  
  

  Schedule

  2 - 3:10: Part 1 of the workshop, including Q&A on broad topics like governance, preservation, arrangement, and description

  3:10 - 3:30: Snacks

  3:30 - 4:30: Part 2 of the workshop including Q&A on more granular topics like storage, access, and outreach

  4:30 - 5:00: Optional page turning of John James Audubon's The Birds of America in Special Collections

  5 PM: MAM social mixer in at the Silver Street Tavern (2 Silver St) in downtown Waterville

  
  

  Your Presenter

  This workshop is presented by Patricia Burdick, Assistant Director of Colby College Special Collections.

  
  

  The Venue

  

  The Robinson Memorial Room is located in Special Collections at Miller Library on the Colby College Campus in Waterville.  View the campus map.

  Parking available in the Roberts Parking Lot, which is a short walk to the Miller Library.
  

  This venue is wheelchair accessible.

  
  

  Online registration will be open through June 4.  To register after this date, contact Erin Rhodes at 207-859-5152 or enrhodes@colby.edu.

  The size of the workshop space limits registration to 25 participants - register early to reserve your space!

  MAM members enjoy discounted registration (please log in first).  If you're not a member, join today!

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• Waterville Mixer

  • When
    08 Jun 2017
  •  
    5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Silver Street Tavern, 2 Silver St, downtown Waterville

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  Waterville Mixer
  

  

  Come meet your colleagues in Central Maine!  This social mixer event immediately follows the Basic Archiving workshop at Colby College.

  Please RSVP so we know to expect you. 

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• Workshop: Looking Beyond the Closet: Storage Options and Implementation on a Budget

  • When
    24 Jul 2017
  •  
    9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    L.C. Bates Museum Visitors Center, Fairfield, ME
  • Spaces left
    31

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  Looking Beyond the Closet:

  Storage Options and Implementation on a Budget

  

  This six-hour workshop will focus on the storage of historic objects and textiles.  

  Ron Harvey of Tuckerbrook Conservation will review storage environments, storage of historic objects and furniture, and appropriate storage materials. Ron will demonstrate hands-on use of storage materials techniques. 

  Morning snacks will be available.  Bring your own bagged lunch to enjoy at half time!

  The workshop will be held in the visitors center, the building with the blue roof just north of the museum.

  Stick around for a MAM social mixer event with refreshments in the museum building to immediately follow this workshop!

  This event is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
  

  
  

  Your Host

  This workshop is hosted by Ron Harvey, Conservator/Principal at Tuckerbrook Conservation.  Tuckerbrook Conservation offers conservation consulting, treatment, teaching, management, storage, long-term preservation, handling, lecturing, preservation workshops, conservation assessments and assessment of collections, including archaeological, ethnographic, fine art objects, outdoor sculpture, and zinc sculpture.

  
  

  The Venue

  

  The L.C. Bates Museum at Good Will-Hinckley, located on U.S. Route 201 in Hinckley Village in Fairfield, is a natural history museum that includes amazing natural history exhibits, fun local history, Native American collections, rocks and minerals, fossils, outside nature trails, picnic tables, and an arboretum behind the museum.

  The workshop will be held at the visitors center, the building with the blue roof just north of the museum.

  
  

  Online registration will be open until July 19.  To register after this date, contact Deborah Staber at lcbates@gwh.org or 238-4250.

  The size of the workshop space limits registration to 35 participants - register early to reserve your space!

  Registration is free to MAM members (please log in first).  If you're not a member, join today!

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• Fairfield Mixer

  • When
    24 Jul 2017
  •  
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    L.C. Bates Museum, 14 Easler Rd Fairfield, ME

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  Fairfield Mixer
  

  

  Come meet your colleagues in Central Maine!  This social mixer event immediately follows the Storage Options workshop at the Visitor Center.

  Please RSVP so we know to bring enough refreshments. 

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• Workshop: Harness the Power: Great Tours + Maine’s Tourism Industry = Museum Success

  • When
    08 Sep 2017
  •  
    12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Think Tank Biddeford, Pepperell Mill Campus, 40 Main St, Biddeford
  • Spaces left
    30

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  Harness the Power:

  Great Tours + Maine's Tourism Industry = Museum Success

  

  What goes in to creating an in-demand, dynamic historic tour? And once you have a great tour, how do you tap into Maine’s well-developed tourism industry to promote what your organization has to offer? 

  Presented by members of the Biddeford Mills Museum, this workshop will help organizations/groups who wish to develop great quality historic tours, by sharing successful techniques for planning and executing a great tour program. Additionally, attendees will hear about the ways in which cultural organizations can take advantage of the marketing and advertising resources available through Maine’s well developed tourism industry. 

  The workshop will conclude with a full Pepperell Mills tour led by the Biddeford Mills Museum Mill Vets.

  Stick around after the workshop for a free MAM social mixer at the tasting room of the Banded Horn Brewing Company at 32 Main Street in downtown Biddeford, 4:30PM-6PM!

  
  

  Pepperell Mills Tour
  

  

  The historical tour is designed for those able to climb minimal stairs. Walking shoes should be worn. For safety reasons no open toed shoes are allowed. Children under the age of five (5) are discouraged from participating. A waiver is required to be signed for participation. An adult or guardian must sign for any participants under 18.

  
  

  Your Presenters
  

  The workshop will be presented by Board members and tour leaders from the Biddeford Mills Museum (BMM). The all-volunteer operated museum, and their incredibly successful tour program, have been an integral ingredient of Biddeford’s successful mill redevelopment over the last 10 years. BMM is a member of the Maine Tourism Association, and winner of the 2017 Originality Award at the Governor’s Conference on Tourism.

  
  

  The Venue

  

  Think Tank Biddeford is a professional coworking facility in the Pepperell Mill Campus in downtown Biddeford. Free parking is available at the public parking lot across Main Street on Foss Street. There are many other free public lots within a 5 minute walk. See this downtown Biddeford parking map.

  
  

  Online registration will be open through September 5.  Maximum number of participants is 30.  To register after September 5, contact Renee DesRoberts at rdesroberts@mcarthur.lib.me.us or 207-284-4181.

  MAM members enjoy discounted registration (please log in first).  If you're not a member, join today!
  

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• Biddeford Mixer

  • When
    08 Sep 2017
  •  
    4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Banded Horn Brewing Company, 32 Main St, Biddeford

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  Biddeford Mixer
  

  

  Come meet your colleagues in Southern Maine!  This social mixer event immediately follows the Great Tours workshop in Biddeford.

  Please RSVP so we know how many people to expect. 

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• Workshop: How to Say No: Creating a Collections Policy

  • When
    05 Oct 2017
  •  
    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, 290 Norlands Rd, Livermore
  • Spaces left
    25

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  How to Say No:

  Creating a Collections Policy

  

  Historical Societies and Museums start out with empty shelves and exhibit cases and are so grateful for any donation that comes in the door.  Now years later, the shelves are reaching capacity and donors want assurances their family heirlooms will be on display forever. 
  
  This is the time to create a collections policy that spells out what your institution will collect, strict protocols for deaccessioning prized family heirlooms in the public trust, and a document that backs you up when you say, "thanks, but no thanks." 

  Stick around after the workshop for a free tour and MAM social mixer with refreshments, 3-4PM!

  
  

  Your Presenter
  

  Cipperly Good, an independent museum professional with over 15 years experience in the collections management field, will lead this introduction to creating your collections policy.  Cipperly is Principal of C.A. Good Museum Services, providing collections care and registration training, consultation, and project management, as well as exhibit services from concept to installation.

  
  

  The Venue

  

  The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center is Maine's oldest living history center and a multifaceted museum and working farm where costumed interpreters portray real people who lived in the area in the 1800s. 

  Upon arrival, park by the church and walk up the front drive towards the mansion. The workshop will be held in the Farmer's Cottage - the building between the mansion and barn (all connected). Enter the door to the right, that is next to the barn.

  
  

  Online registration will be open through September 27.  To register after this date, contact Dugan Murphy at info@mainemuseums.org or 207-400-6965.

  The size of the workshop space limits registration to 25 participants - register early to reserve your space!

  MAM members enjoy discounted registration (please log in first).  If you're not a member, join today!

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• Livermore Mixer

  • When
    05 Oct 2017
  •  
    3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, 290 Norlands Rd, Livermore

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  Livermore Mixer
  

  

  Come meet your colleagues in Western Central Maine!  This social mixer event immediately follows the Collections Policy workshop at the same venue.
  

  Please RSVP so we know to bring enough refreshments. 

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• Workshop: How to Place Your Historical Society on the Map

  • When
    11 Oct 2017
  •  
    8:30 AM - 2:30 PM
  • Location
    Lincoln Memorial Library, 17 King St (Route 86), Dennysville
  • Spaces left
    24

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  How to Place Your Historical Society on the Map

  

  At this workshop, participants will create an interactive map of historically significant places in Washington County for users of computers, smart phones and tablets, using the OnCell mobile platform.
  

  
  

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  Mobile technology resides in nearly everyone's pockets. A smartphone is the most indispensable tool for people as they navigate their world. It is vital that cultural and heritage organizations seize the opportunity to meet visitors in their world and give them access to information through their devices. So how can organizations connect with visitors via mobile?

  We’ll begin this workshop with a short presentation on the benefits of mobile apps, including visitor engagement, points of access, and leveraging apps as a marketing tool. We’ll review the benefits of creating apps with a content management system, such as OnCell, which allows organizations to build and manage their own mobile apps to help them meet both visitor engagement and accessibility goals.

  During the bulk of this workshop, participants will work together to gather information about historical institutions in Eastern Maine and use the OnCell platform to create a prototype digital tour of sites of historical and cultural interest, showcasing the unique heritage of Downeast Maine.

  Participants will bring with them their wish list of sites to be included in the app, along with any supporting modern and historic images and scripts for an audio tour. We’ll use OnCell to record our scripts, and then build our tour stops using images and text transcriptions for each point of interest. We’ll then map the locations and set GPS alerts based on a visitor’s location, so they can easily discover nearby points of interest.

  
  

  Outcomes
  

  Participants will walk away with new ideas on how to approach mobile tech, a solid understanding of best practices, and creative inspiration to take back to their team.

  
  

  Who should come
  

  This session welcomes individuals across all career levels and positions as variety in perspective drives creativity and collaboration, both of which are essential to building a successful mobile strategy and app.

  
  

  Other info
  

  Registration at least 2 weeks in advance is required so organizers can communicate with registrants about how to prepare for the workshop.  Participants will need to bring their own laptops.

  Check-in starts at 8:30AM.  The workshop starts at 9AM.

  Coffee will be available.  Bring your own bagged lunch to enjoy at half time!

  For more information about this workshop, contact Colin Windhorst at cjcw@myfairpoint.net or 207-726-3905.
  

  This event os co-hosted by the Dennysville River Historical Society and and OnCell.

  
  

  Your Presenter

  This workshop is presented by Colin J.C. Windhorst, Ph.D., Digital Curation Program, University of Maine.

  
  

  The Venue

  

  The historic Lincoln Memorial Library is located on Route 86 in Dennysville.

  
  

  Register online: The size of the workshop space limits registration to 24 participants - register early to reserve your space!

  Online registration is available until September 27 so organizers can communicate with registrants about how to prepare for the workshop.  Participants will need to bring their own laptops.
  

  MAM members enjoy discounted registration (please log in first).  If you're not a member, join today!

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• 2017 Fall Conference & Annual Meeting

  • When
    10 Nov 2017
  • Location
    Thomas College, Waterville

  2017 Annual Conference

  

  The conference offers a mixture of sessions, workshops, networking opportunities, and a dynamic keynote address that will leave you feeling recharged, connected, and inspired with new ideas to assist you in the care and management of your collecting institution.  This year, the focus will be on Maine's upcoming bicentennial in 2020 and how your institution can be prepared for this once-in-a-lifetime celebration.

  
  

  Now accepting session proposals through June 15, 2017.

  The Association of Maine Archives and Museums is seeking qualified presenters to submit session proposals that fit this theme and advance MAM’s mission to support and promote Maine’s collecting institutions. Session proposals will be considered in the following formats:

  • Panel Sessions—90-minute session block with two or more presenters discussing a topic that can inform or inspire participants in their work.
  • Workshops—90-minute block with one or more presenters offering hands-on opportunities for skill building.
  • Poster Exhibits—Display material presenting a project or exhibit that your institution would like to share with a larger audience that has relevance to the field at large.

  The MAM Program Committee seeks proposals that will inspire organizations of various sizes and disciplines and are especially visionary. Case studies will be considered, but proposals that are clearly more applicable to the field at large will have priority. Topics may include but are not limited to:

  • Attracting new volunteers and members
  • Case statements, grant writing and other fundraising appeals
  • Effective marketing initiatives
  • Youth initiatives
  • Innovative educational or interpretive programming

  Click here to submit your session proposal.  Proposals will be reviewed in mid-June and applicants will be notified by mid-July, 2017 about whether their proposal was accepted.

  Please note:  MAM is unable to offer stipends, honorarium, or travel reimbursement to presenters.  Presenters who plan to attend other sessions during the conference must register and will receive the discounted Early Bird MAM member rate.

  
  

  
  

  Keynote speaker, Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.
  

  The 2017 MAM conference will feature a dynamic keynote address from Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.  Shettleworth has lectured and written extensively on Maine history and architecture.  He has served as Maine State Historian since 2004.  The longest serving State Historic Preservation Director, he filled this role in Maine from 1976 until 2015.  Shettleworth plans to present a lecture of images from Maine's centennial celebration in 1920.

  
  

  
  

  What else to expect at the conference
  

  If you would like to present at the conference, click here to submit your session proposal.

  Session topics may include
  

  • Framing and communicating the story of your institution and your collections
    
  • Exhibit design
  • Drafting and delivering effective speeches
  • Coordinating Maine's 2020 bicentennial celebration
  • Lots of other great discussion topics and networking opportunities!

  The annual meeting of MAM's membership also takes place at the conference each year--this is your chance as a MAM member to vote on new officers or changes in policy, or to address issues that affect the organization and its membership.

  
  

  
  

  The Venue
  

  

  The conference will be held at Thomas College in Waterville.  Stay tuned for more details!

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