"Collaboration" is not just a trendy buzzword in museums, libraries, and archives. Working together can propel stability, focus, and success for the 21st century. Establishing collecting partnerships within a community not only strengthens an institution's visibility, but also promotes cultural awareness and improves civic engagement. Cultural Heritage Collaborators: A Manual for Community Documentation is a practical guide for cultural institutions that wish to work together to more fully document their local history. Archivist and cultural heritage consultant Melissa Mannon discusses the...
"Collaboration" is not just a trendy buzzword in museums, libraries, and archives. Working together can propel stability, focus, and success for the 2...
"Within every home is a treasure trove of information. Unfortunately, many irreplaceable documents that help tell individual stories, and the stories of our communities, are deteriorating among our personal belongings." With that warning in mind, this book focuses on the care of personal papers, photographs, and memorabilia found in the typical home. Written for individuals who hope to protect family history, this book provides everything an unofficial archivist needs to ensure materials that connect us with our past are available for future generations. Its goal is to help you create and...
"Within every home is a treasure trove of information. Unfortunately, many irreplaceable documents that help tell individual stories, and the stories ...
This is the first in a series of workbooks to help you document what is meaningful to you. This series aims to support you while you define the values and traditions you want to pass on to future generations. The workbooks will help you mold your legacy. Food Memories examines the role of food in your life. This resource will help you consider the meals, the events, and the heirloom serving pieces tools that define your precious food memories. This book is part of The Life in Context Project. The Project is building ways for you to explore your story. Help us build a community that values its...
This is the first in a series of workbooks to help you document what is meaningful to you. This series aims to support you while you define the values...
Join Archivist Melissa Mannon on an exciting journey that begins at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution and travels through the advance of the computer age. Discover Waltham's history in this impressive and unprecedented pictorial collection, with photographs selected from the Waltham Public Library and other Waltham historical institutions. Separated from Watertown in 1738, Waltham shed its agricultural roots and went on to become a world-renowned manufacturing center. Entrepreneurs realized the power that could be harnessed from the Charles River and took full advantage of this...
Join Archivist Melissa Mannon on an exciting journey that begins at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution and travels through the advance of the compu...
Quality in a lean healthcare setting has one ultimate goal--to improve care delivery and value for the patient. The purpose of this book is to provide a blueprint to hospitals, health care organizations, leaders, and patient-facing workers with tools, training, and ideas to address quality within their organization. Examples from healthcare and other industries are provided to illustrate lean methodology in lean and their application in quality. The reader can learn how other organizations improve quality, what their roles are, and what they do daily. By the end of the book, you will have...
Quality in a lean healthcare setting has one ultimate goal--to improve care delivery and value for the patient. The purpose of this book is to prov...
