Product Description
by Southeastern Registrars Association (Author), Deborah Rose Van Horn (Author), Corinne Midgett (Author)
This easy-to-use guide offers a standard vocabulary for conducting condition reports. It has been updated throughout and includes four new chapters, including one on digital condition reporting.
Author Biography
The Southeastern Registrars Association (SERA) was founded in the 1970s to encourage high standards of museum practice and professional growth among museum registrars in the southeastern region of the United States. Throughout the years they have promoted the exchange and dissemination of information and ideas through publications, seminars, and other means. Basic Condition Reporting has become one of their premier publications with many copies sold both domestically and internationally. Deborah Rose Van Horn has worked in the museum field now for over 20 years in the areas of registration, collections management, collections development, and curation. Deb is a former board member for both the Southeastern Registrars Association (SERA) and RC-AAM (now CS-AAM). In addition, Deb has written and edited several publications including Basic Condition Reporting, 4th edition and Registration Methods for the Small Museum, 5th edition. Corinne Midgett has over ten years of experience as a registrar and collections manager. She serves as chair of the Southeastern Registrars Association and was co-editor of Basic Condition Reporting, 4th Edition. Heather Culligan has over ten years of experience in collections management and registration in history museums and historic structures. Heather is a former co-instructor of Collections Management in Museums at the University of West Georgia, a former board member of the Southeastern Registrars Association (SERA), and served as a co-editor of Basic Condition reporting, 4th Edition.
