by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | Jun 12, 2016 | STASH Flash, STASHc News |
By: Erika Range, Carolyn Leckie, Luci Cipera At the Canadian Museum of Nature (CMN) in Ottawa, we noticed that collections staff and volunteers are using a wide variety of materials to label their collections. Most seem to be the standard types of things like archival...
by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | Feb 2, 2016 | Events, STASH Flash, STASHc News |
The 2016 STASH Flash storage tips session at the Montreal annual meeting will have three themes:Building on the conference theme the first group of presentations offer solutions for emergency or disaster situations like flooding or earthquakes. Building on a topic...
by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | Nov 17, 2015 | STASH Flash, STASHc News |
Devising storage solutions that mitigate damage to collections from both threats small and expected, and large and catastrophic is a core task for preservation professionals. Doing so in a way that makes use of an institution’s human, financial and material resources...
by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | Nov 17, 2015 | Materials Testing, STASH Flash, STASHc News, Sustainable Materials |
Reflecting on his presentation Defending the Use of (Recycled) Materials, presented at STASH Flash Pre-Meeting Session at the American Institute for Conservation’s 2014 Meeting in San Francisco, CAAnyone who has written a thesis can attest to the lingering thoughts,...
by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | May 6, 2015 | Events, STASH Flash, STASHc News |
The 2015 STASH Flash session to be held at the Miami meeting on May 13, 4:30 – has an exciting lightening round of tips lined up. Tips presented at the session will be formatted and appear on the www.stashc.com website after the meeting. Tips have been divided...
by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | Dec 12, 2014 | Events, STASH Flash, STASHc News |
In May 2014 FAIC, launched the STASH (Storage Techniques for Art, Science and History collections) website designed to gather, organize and solicit new storage ideas. This project, in collaboration with the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections...