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July 8, 2011
In this edition of the Beacon...
- It’s Membership Renewal Time!
- “Artifacts in Aboriginal Cultural Centres” Workshop
- Call For Your Summer Events
- Museum Advisor Travels
- Welcoming Sarah – New Administrative Assistant
- “The Cuddy” events & people happenings
It’s Membership Renewal Time!
It’s annual membership renewal time of year for the ANSM. We invite you to renew your membership with us and continue your partnership between member and supporting organization. We look forward to working with you over the forth coming year!
Membership renewal packages were mailed this weekend and will arrive shortly.
Check out our ANMS Membership Information for more information.
“Artifacts in Aboriginal Cultural Centres” Workshop
The Canadian Conservation Institute is putting on this great workshop November 16 & 17, 2011 at the Glooscap Heritage Centre in Millbrook. It will at the preservation of material culture in the context of Aboriginal cultural centres. For workshop details see the CCI website.
Museum Association Members *
Price: $125.00
Registration Deadline: September 30, 2011
* Members of Association of Nova Scotia Museums, Museum Association of Newfoundland Labrador, Community Museums Association of Prince Edward Island and Association of Museums New Brunswick are eligible to register at the membership rate.
Non-Members
Price: $175.00
Registration Deadline: September 16, 2011
Registration opens July 11, 2011. To register, send a completed registration form with payment by cheque or money order to: Association of Nova Scotia Museums, 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4P7
You can download registration forms here.
Call For Your Summer Events
Nova Scotian museums brimming with creative summer events. We know that you are planning something exciting, and we want to help you get the word out. Email us with info on your summer plans, and we’ll post it on our Facebook page. (
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Museum Advisor Travels
The summer season has arrived in earnest and Museums Advisor, Karin Kierstead, has begun her travels around the province visiting museums participating in the advisory service (formerly Passage Project). This year’s visits have a special focus working with museum staff to ensure they are up to speed and comfortable using the new collections management database system. In preparation for using the new collections management system, data must be prepared and migrated from the old system. This is a large undertaking and requires a fine alignment of several phases: data transfer from participating museum – data cleaning and forwarding to software developer – data migration to new system – new system access for museum – training & use. This involves 300,000+/- records and 50+ museums across Nova Scotia. Fortunately, Karin is just the person to tackle the challenge.
Reviews from museums using the new system have been very positive so far. The new system is more intuitive to use, has much better search and report capacities and includes features such as user level control. The Information Management & Access Committee (IMAC) determined that those in greatest need (which translates as old system failure) receive first attention as the fairest way to proceed. It’s onwards and upwards from here….it’s just going to take a little time.
Welcoming Sarah – New Administrative Assistant
This week, Sarah Gignac joined the small but mighty staff of ANSM. Sarah will be filling the new Administrative Assistant position and brings a strong set of skills to the job. Her duties are primarily focused on general administrative tasks with some website, e-newsletter preparation and editing thrown in the mix to keep things interesting.
Sarah is originally from Victoria, British Columbia but has made the move to Nova Scotia and plans to make it her home. She has a background in writing/editing, data entry, general administration, project management and more. Sarah has also recently become a certified yoga instructor and will be teaching classes in the Halifax area. Click here for a brief bio of Sarah.
Sarah is looking forward to working with ANSM members and learning lots about Nova Scotia’s museums.
Welcome Sarah!
Condolences to the family of Robert Morgan on the passing of a loved historian, author, archivist, teacher and community leader. You can see a great interview he did with The Heritage Cape Breton Connection onThe Beaton Institute website.
CHIN has extended its deadline for applications for Young Canada Works Internship Program. Internships begin in Fall 2011 and present a great opportunity for museums in Nova Scotia to tackle a beefy project on their “to do” list. Check the grant criteria to see how the program may for you. Applications can be made online until July 13, 2011.
The Mary E. Black Gallery in Halifax has an exciting new exhibit called “Inspired.” Artists were asked to create a new work of art based on an artifact selected from a Nova Scotia museum or heritage site. Look for works inspired by pieces from DesBrisay Museum, Ross Farm, and Pier 21, just to name a few. Exhibit runs until July 24, 2011. For more information, check out the NSCCD website.
Canadian Heritage: Atlantic Region has a new management organizational structure. In the new structure, managers now have regional responsibilities for the four provinces regardless of their geographic location. Management expertise is distributed equitably throughout the region, a regional program manager is based at each provincial office.
Jenifer Soper, who is based in the St. John’s office, fills the new position of Director of Programs, Arts and Culture, for the Region. She is responsible for the following programs for the Region: Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage (BCAH), Canada Arts Presentation Fund, Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, andMuseums Assistance Program. The managers responsible for these programs now report to Jenifer. For more information, see the Canadian Heritage website for contact details.
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