In the recent discussion of postgraduate options, Monica mentioned an
online Ph.D. program. For those of you who might not have time for a
degree program but are interested in working with textile & clothing
collections, California State University at Long Beach has an online
certificate program in Costume & Textiles Museum Collections
Management. The coursework (4 classes) is offered through their
Extension Services, then they help you arrange a museum internship in
your geographic area for the "Fieldwork" part of the program. I took
it 5 years ago and loved it. It hasn't been offered in the past
couple of years, while they re-organized the Extension programs, but
I just heard that it will be up and running again in November of this
year. I couldn't find a current listing yet on the CSULB website
http://www.ccpe.csulb.edu/ContinuingEd
but here's what they told me in an e-mail:
"We will be starting Module I in November, followed by
Modules II-V starting in January 2010; all classes taught
entirely online. Interested individuals can contact Penni
Wells directly at 562-985-4486 or [email protected]
...the modules are:
Module I: Introduction to Collections Management
Module II: Nature of Materials and Agents of Deterioration
Module III: Care and Storage
Module IV: Issues of Collections Management
Module V: Fieldwork"
I urge anyone who's interested to contact Penni for more information--
that will help the College estimate class size, etc. For now, if you
google the program you'll get the description from several years
ago... and I don't know if all the instructors will be the same. I
do know that Tawny Sherrill is the director, and some of you will
know her name from presentations at the International Congress on
Medieval Studies and articles in "Medieval Clothing & Textiles".
Now, here's the part that will be of particular interest to h-costume
listmembers:
"Mention the h-costume list & receive
10 per cent off the cost of each individual module! "
I did not make that up--they really said that!! So take advantage of
it, folks! (And feel free to contact me off-list if you have
questions.)
Suzanne
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