Group-Skill Readings and Resources

Grant Writing

“Complete Donor Thank You Guide” Network for Good, networkforgood.com

“High Performance Proposal Strategies” eCivis Grants Network

“How to Write a Letter of Inquiry” Nonprofit Works, nonprofitworks.com

Lovine, Sonya D. Taking Public History for Granted: A Grant-Writing Guide for Public Historians. Sonya Denise Lovine, 2013.  http://www.csus.edu/pubhist/useful%20links/guidetograntwriting.pdf

Pharos Fund – http://bohemianfoundation.org/community-programs/pharos-fund/guidelines

Collection Management

Dublin Core – http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/

PastPerfect – YouTube tutorial channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3K4Y0RXqAI4aicY9D-79yA

PastPerfect – Navigation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAudMABtWSE

PastPerfect – Adding New Items: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJYC9uRbjsw

PastPerfect Museum Software – http://museumsoftware.com/download/pp4-6.pdf

Mount and Display

Museum Display Cases – http://museumdisplaycase.com/

Serrell, Beverly. Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach. Lanham: AltaMira Press, 1996.

Stellers Gallery – http://stellersgallery.com/blog/archives/hanging-art-tips

Tovar, Isabel. “CWAM Resource Board 2017: Conservation, Collections, Management & Registration Supplies and Registration,” Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums, http://www.cwam-us.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/CWAM-Resource-Guide-Cons_CM_Reg-2017.pdf

Vinyl Wall Expressions – https://vinylwallexpressions.com/tutorials/how-to-install-vinyl-wall-lettering/

Zindee Studios – “Introduction to vinyl, weeding, reverse weeding, and transfer tape” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TwPV1Wdoog

Exhibit Layout

Bogle, Susan. Museum Exhibition Planning and Design. Lanham : AltaMira Press, 2013.

Carliner, Saul. “Modeling Information for Three-dimensional Space: Lessons Learned from Museum Exhibit Design.” Technical Communication 48, no. 1 (2001): 66-81. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43088786

MasterSketchup.com – Tutorials list: https://mastersketchup.com/sketchup-tutorials/

MasterSketchup.com – Performance recommendations: https://mastersketchup.com/styles-for-performance/

Mufasu CAD – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFe3DPzK3uw

Trimble – SketchUp tutorial website: https://www.sketchup.com/learn

Trimble – SketchUp additional resource list: https://www.sketchup.com/learn/resources

Graphic Design

Adobe – Adobe Illustrator User Guide: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/user-guide.html

Adobe – Using Layers: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/layers.html

Bogle, Susan. Museum Exhibition Planning and Design. Lanham : AltaMira Press, 2013. p. 103 – 110.

Envatotuts+ – Stamp Photoshop tutorial: https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-create-a-rubber-stamp-in-photoshop–cms-28279

Serrell, Beverly. Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach. Lanham: AltaMira Press, 1996.

Visitor and Audiences

Adams, Marianna and Jill Stein. Formative Evaluation Report for the LACMALab nano Exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA. Annapolis, MD: The Institute for Learning Innovation, 2004. http://www.participatorymuseum.org/LACMA_NANOreport_final.pdf

Gensler Research – “Engage: The Future of Museums”: https://www.gensler.com/uploads/document/395/file/gensler_museum-research-interim-report.pdf

Institute of Museum and Library Services – Evaluation Resources – https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/evaluation-resources

Lindsay, Anne. “#VirtualTourist: Embracing Our Audience through Public History Web Experience.” The Public Historian 35, no. 1 (2013): 67-86. doi:10.1525/tph.2013.35.1.67.

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