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By Scott Wands
on July 29, 2010 11:13 AM

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Go from Blog to Catablog and Make Your Collections Available Online

CatablogWeb.jpg The HRC thanks Gail Wiese for serving as a guest author for the following entry. Gail is Assistant Archivist at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont. Her work in the Norwich University Archives has focused primarily on processing historical photograph collections and increasing the accessibility of archival collections. She also works part-time performing traditional cataloging of manuscript collections at the Vermont Historical Society in Barre, Vermont. Would your institution like to make descriptions of its archival...

By Scott Wands
on July 22, 2010 11:45 AM

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Snapshot!: Favorite Objects in Your Collections--Mary Beth Baker

Stonington-Image-Mary-Beth-.jpg The HRC is pleased to introduce Snapshots!, a new column that examines museums through interviews with the people who know them best--their directors, curators, and educators. This week's Snapshots! question asks, "What are your favorite objects in your collections?" Snapshots! is written by Anne Farrow, senior content editor for the Encyclopedia of Connecticut History Online and a frequent contributor to the Heritage Resource Center. Snapshot 4 of 4: Mary Beth Baker, Stonington Historical Society Director...

By Scott Wands
on July 21, 2010 11:30 AM

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Snapshot!: Favorite Objects in Your Collection--Linda Eaton

Linda-Eaton-Web.jpg The HRC is pleased to introduce Snapshots!, a new column that examines museums through interviews with the people who know them best--their directors, curators, and educators. This week's Snapshots! question asks, "What are your favorite objects in your collections?" Snapshots! is written by Anne Farrow, senior content editor for the Encyclopedia of Connecticut History Online and a frequent contributor to the Heritage Resource Center. Snapshot 3 of 4: Linda Eaton, Winterthur Museum & Country Estate...

By Scott Wands
on July 20, 2010 10:10 AM

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Snapshot!: Favorite Objects in Your Collection--Katherine Kane

Katherine-Kane-ImageHBSweb.jpg The HRC is pleased to introduce Snapshots!, a new column that examines museums through interviews with the people who know them best--their directors, curators, and educators. This week's Snapshots! question asks, "What are your favorite objects in your collections?" Snapshots! is written by Anne Farrow, senior content editor for the Encyclopedia of Connecticut History Online and a frequent contributor to the Heritage Resource Center. Snapshot 2 of 4: Katherine Kane, Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Since...

By Scott Wands
on July 19, 2010 11:14 AM

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Snapshot!: Favorite Objects in Your Collections--Donna Baron

Image-3-of-Donna-BaronWeb.jpg The HRC is pleased to introduce Snapshots!, a new column that examines museums through interviews with the people who know them best--their directors, curators, and educators.  This week's Snapshots! question asks, "What are your favorite objects in your collections?" Snapshots! is written by Anne Farrow, senior content editor for the Encyclopedia of Connecticut History Online and a frequent contributor to the Heritage Resource Center.Snapshot 1 of 4:  Donna Baron, Lebanon Historical SocietyDonna K. Baron has...

By Scott Wands
on July 14, 2010 10:42 AM

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Lights, Camera, Action!: Museumpods.com

museumpodsWeb.jpg The HRC thanks Laura Casey for serving as a guest author for the following entry.  Laura has worked in the museum field for fifteen years. She is currently Coordinator of the Museum Services Program at the Texas Historical Commission. Before joining the Historical Commission in 2004, she was the director of museums in Illinois and Kansas. Ten years ago I never dreamed of the Internet serving as a repository for instructional movies for museums....

By Scott Wands
on July 8, 2010 2:17 PM

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Guess Who's One Year Old?

birthdaycakeweb.jpg The HRC Web site, that's who!And what a year it has been: 85 posts, nearly 8,400 visits to the HRC Web site, and just under 23,000 total HRC Web pages viewed.210 people have signed up to receive the monthly HRC Spotlight e-newsletter, 136 people have become facebook fans of the CHC Heritage Resource Center, and 88 people receive weekly feedburner e-mail updates.Here are just a few highlights:With 218 unique page views, David Rau's exploration of...

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By Scott Wands
on July 1, 2010 11:54 AM

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Philanthropic Funding Realities in the New Economy

piggy-bank-Web.jpg The stock market has started to rise.  Unemployment figures are dropping.  Think the worst of The Great Recession has already happened for non-profits?Think again.While signs indicate that the economy has begun to stabilize, the prospects for the non-profit community remain bleak reports Sandra Wood in a study commissioned by the Connecticut Humanities Council titled "Philanthropic Funding Realities in the New Economy: An Assessment of Funding Opportunities and Challenges in 2010."Wood's report looks at the global...



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