Deaccessioning in Small Museums: A Historical View and Lessons from the Past

Deaccessioning is a frequent topic of conversation in even small and mid-sized museums in the twenty-first century. With collections costs soaring, budgets dwindling, and space ever more limited, museums must deaccession to survive and prosper. However, deaccessioning and disposal have become hugely controversial, both among museum professionals and with the general public in the past few decades. Scholars like Stephen Weil and Marie Malaro argue that deaccessioning and disposal were non-issues prior to the 1970s. Is this true? If so, how did museum professionals handle deaccessioning and disposal of objects from their collections before this time? This thesis explores the long history of deaccessioning in American museums prior to the controversies of the 1970s using examples from the published literature as well as a case study of pre-1970s deaccessioning campaigns at the Passaic County Historical Society in New Jersey. This mid-sized historical society adapted an evolving set of norms and values surrounding museum disposal to their own unique needs in the early twentieth century, long before governments and professional associations mandated compliance to specific sets of standards. I argue that small museum workers today should learn to view deaccessioning as part of a much longer tradition of disposal practices that dates back over a century, and that they should research and use this history in their own institutions to help justify future deaccessioning campaigns

Comparative Analysis of Pesticide Extraction Methods

Liquid-Liquid Extraction using methylene chloride, Liquid-Liquid extraction using a 75:25 mexanes: ethyl acetate solvent, and Solid Phase Extraction using C-18 disks were compared. Aliquots of water spiked with alachlor, atrazine, and trifluralin were extracted using each of the techniques. The extracts were concentrated and analyzed using Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometer with Selected Ion Monitoring. A surrogate, 2-nitro-m-xlene, and an internal standard, phenanthrene-d10,, were used. At spiking levels of 5-60 ug/L, there was not a significant statistical difference between the three methods when the liquid extractors were run for 24 hours. There was however a difference between the solid phase extraction and the liquid-liquid extractions when the liquid extractors were run for only 3 hours

Deaccessioning in Small Museums: A Historical View and Lessons from the Past

Deaccessioning is a frequent topic of conversation in even small and mid-sized museums in the twenty-first century. With collections costs soaring, budgets dwindling, and space ever more limited, museums must deaccession to survive and prosper. However, deaccessioning and disposal have become hugely controversial, both among museum professionals and with the general public in the past few decades. Scholars like Stephen Weil and Marie Malaro argue that deaccessioning and disposal were non-issues prior to the 1970s. Is this true? If so, how did museum professionals handle deaccessioning and disposal of objects from their collections before this time? This thesis explores the long history of deaccessioning in American museums prior to the controversies of the 1970s using examples from the published literature as well as a case study of pre-1970s deaccessioning campaigns at the Passaic County Historical Society in New Jersey. This mid-sized historical society adapted an evolving set of norms and values surrounding museum disposal to their own unique needs in the early twentieth century, long before governments and professional associations mandated compliance to specific sets of standards. I argue that small museum workers today should learn to view deaccessioning as part of a much longer tradition of disposal practices that dates back over a century, and that they should research and use this history in their own institutions to help justify future deaccessioning campaigns

An examination of the effects of family demands and resources on adaptation in families of children with diabetes.

This study investigated family demands, resources, and adaptation in families of children with Type 1 diabetes The Resiliency Model of Family Stress, and Adaptation (McCubbin & McCubbin, 1993) provided the conceptual framework. A convenience sample included 75 families from a local pediatric clinic (56.9% response rate) who responded to a mailed questionnaire. Instruments included measures of caregiving demands, family resources, family functioning and the child\u27s most recent glycosylated hemoglobin value. There were significant differences in caregiving demands between mothers of younger children (13 and below) and mothers of older children (14 and above). Mothers of younger children reported more caregiving demands. Correlational analysis identified significant relationships between the Feetham Family Functioning score (FFFS) and Caregiving Demands. Significant correlations were also found between the Family Apgar score and the FFFS and the family resources of Family Hardiness, Mastery & Health, Esteem and Communication, and Coping. Family support was not significantly correlated with the Family Apgar score or the FFFS discrepancy score. The child\u27s metabolic control was significantly correlated with coping but not significantly related to Caregiving Demands or the other family resources. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated (a) child age, duration of diabetes, and Coping were significant predictors of the Family Apgar score, (b) Caregiving Demands was a significant predictor of the Feetham Family Functioning discrepancy score, and (c) Coping and Family Support predicted the child\u27s metabolic control. Recommendations for future research and for nursing practice are included. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1998 .C44. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 39-02, page: 0482. Adviser: Sheila Cameron. Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1998

Multiplexed detection and applications for separations on parallel microchips

Much work has been performed since the development of the lab-on-a-chip concept that has brought microfabricated systems to the forefront of bioanalytical research. The success of using these microchips for performing complicated biological assays faster and cheaper than conventional methods has facilitated their emerging popularity among researchers. A recently exploited advantage of microfabricated technology has led to the creation of single wafers with multiple channel manifolds for high-throughput experiments. Efforts toward parallel microchip development have yielded fascinating new devices for chemical separations showing the potential for replacing conventional multiplexing techniques. This review will focus on recent work toward multiplexed separations on microdevices and complementary detection instrumentation.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/60902/1/3296_ftp.pd

Énképerősítő fényképezés

A fényképet használó terápiás és terápiás hatású eljárások alapos tanulmányozásával felvértezve, illetve próba-fotózások gyakorlati tapasztalataival megtámogatva saját terápiás hatású módszer kidolgozására vállalkozom, melyet énképerősítő fotózásnak nevezek el. A továbbiakban először felvázolom a fényképet, fotográfiát használó terápiás és terápiás hatású tevékenységeket, majd bemutatom az empowering photography és az énképerősítő fotózás helyét ebben a viszonylatban. Ezután körüljárom a lelki egészség fogalmát, fontosságát és az énképpel való összefüggéseit, a továbbiakban pedig felvázolom a lelki egészség és az énkép jelenlegi helyzetét a fogyasztói társadalomban, az emberi kapcsolatokban és egyéni szinten. Majd megindokolom az énképerősítő fotózás használatának a fontosságát, illetve részletesen bemutatom az énképerősítő fotózás folyamatát, végül pedig próbafotózásaim, esetbemutatások, illetve a konklúzió és összefoglalás következnek

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