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2015 COLLECTIONS <br /> The Anoka County Historical Society takes its responsibility to ensure our artifact <br /> collections are kept according to the current best standards very seriously.In 2015,we <br /> embarked on a long-term project to update many aspects of our collections process so <br /> that our new knowledge can be applied throughout the museum.Building on an <br /> established foundation of collections care,staff applied their growing professional <br /> knowledge from continuing education sources to provide an even firmer platform from <br /> which we can update our preservation techniques and collections procedures. <br /> Collection Re-numbering <br /> Our plan to re-number all items in our collection with 2 15. 12 3 4. 1 <br /> anew,more informational accession numbering �����J <br /> system is the largest part of this undertaking.This <br /> requires us to look at each individual artifact,double- Year Unique Item# <br /> check the current housing situation,and evaluate other I Donated Donor# <br /> preservation aspects for each item as part of this <br /> process,which is another benefit to having the improved numbering system.We started <br /> using these numbers on new donations coming into the History Center as well,and it <br /> has proven easy to use.We have already made a good start on this project,especially <br /> thanks to the generous donation of over 150 hours of time by several interns and <br /> volunteers who are helping to re-number collection items. <br /> Housing Artifacts <br /> We identified many ways to use space and preservation supplies more efficiently.By <br /> getting some artifacts into different housing,boxes and other supplies became available <br /> for reuse.In the last few months of 2015 we reused the equivalent value of$304.70 in <br /> preservation supplies. <br /> We began working toward our goal of ensuring each type of artifact has the most <br /> suitable housing. Staff member Don Johnson spent 73 hours improving the physical <br /> racks that store our framed image collection.He also rewrapped each framed item in <br /> acid-free tissue and foam padding to protect against dust,light exposure,and pressure <br /> from other frames.Interns and volunteers shifted <br /> paper manuscripts from large record cartons to <br /> smaller document boxes designed to hold <br /> I) <br /> 5 <br />