There are many titles out there providing information on how collectors can provide appropriate care for their collections but, eighteen years since it was first published, Caring for Your Collections by the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property remains one of the better texts on the subject. This book provides information on many aspects of collections care, including environmental parameters, appraisals, security, as well as chapters dedicated to individual collection types. The book...
This article is reprinted with permission from Blue Avocado, a practical and readable online magazine for nonprofits. Subscribe free by sending an email to editor@blueavocado.org or at www.blueavocado.org.Flexible hours and working from home are benefits that many nonprofits want to implement, but are not sure how to do it fairly and in a way that acknowledges the value of having people in the office together. Robin Erickson, Director of Finance and Administration for an environmental...
The HRC thanks Anne Farrow for serving as guest author for the following entry. Anne is the senior content editor for the Encyclopedia of Connecticut History Online, a project of the Connecticut Humanities Council. Formerly a career journalist, Anne co-authored Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged and Profited from Slavery. She is currently at work on a new book about slavery and memory. What do we talk about when we talk about history?When university...
Not out of date, even though it was published in 2003, The Best of the Board Cafe is a very useful, easy to use, practical advice book for board members and staff of non-profits.It is a compilation of tidbits from Board Cafe (check out http://www.compasspoint.org/boardcafe/index.phpt to see Board Cafe articles online), but what might be surprising in this web-based age is how useful it is to have an actual book to flip through (with an...
