I’m in Munich, Germany this morning preparing for the upcoming Salzburg Global Seminar (SGS),  Connecting to the World’s Collections: Making the Case for the Conservation and Preservation of our Cultural Heritage.

I came here last week to attend the conference,  The Conservation of Modern Materials in Applied and Design at the Neue Sammlung. This fantastic conference, organized by Tim Bechtold and Susanne Graner, will serve as a source  of inspiration as I work as part of the team at the  IMA to care for a new and  burgeoning  collection of modern and  contemporary  design objects. Recently, we organized the travelling exhibition  European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century and acquired a  mid-century Modernist residence, the Miller House and Gardens.

But I digress. Since the folks organizing the SGS have provided the participants a number of suggested readings, I thought I’d share some with you so that you too can be prepared and follow along. Consider this your homework.

I’ve only listed the ones that are freely available on the internet–of course, you should also read real books, like those on the IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf. Please know that this list is not meant to be complete and if you have any that you’d like to add, please put a link in the comments section.

Internet Reading List:

• IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf also has a Digital Companion with many important links and articles
• A Public Trust at Risk: The Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America’s Collections (A project of the Heritage Preservation and (IMLS) Institute of Museum and Library Services)
• Piecing Together a People’s History: African American Museum’s Lonnie Bunch is on a Mission (Washington Post, 2009)
• It’s a Material World (Demos, 2008)
• Values and Heritage Conservation (The Getty, 2000)
• Significance 2.0: A Guide to Assessing the Significance of Collections (Collections Council of Australia, 2009)
• Preservation Needs Assessment  Report Template (The Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material, 2007-2008)
• Florida African American Museum Exchange Builds Alliance to Preserve History (IMLS, 2008)
• Disaster Preparedness in Jakarta Museums (ICOM, 2005)
• Cost-Effectiveness in Emergency Preparedness  and Response: a Case for Sub-Saharan Africa (ICOM, 2005)
• Museum Emergency Programme (ICOM, ongoing)
• Cultural Heritage Disaster Preparedness and Response (ICOM, 2003)
• Davidson College Reminiscence Project (Davidson, ongoing)
• Cataloging Histories of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla Tribes (IMLS, 2009)
• Heritage Emergency National Task Force has a number of resources (Heritage Preservation Web Page):
  • Resources for Emergency Planning and Preparedness
  • Resources for Response and Recovery
  • Resources for Protecting and Saving  Family Treasures and Historic Properties
  • Risk Evaluation and Planning Program
  • Alliance for Response

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