Collection

Capri frames are of the highest quality. The collection highlights handmade acetates and stainless steel. The collection includes over 100 designs for men and women along with new unisex designs. We are now known worldwide for providing a wide collection of fashion forward eyewear designs together with a price for the value conscious customer. Coach Coach is a premium New York designer of contemporary high-end fashion accessories and lifestyle collections that include men's and women's bags as…

to the military secrets of their opposition. Germany was a nation that participated in this trend. However, their collection of intelligence did not involve much covert action. Rather, German intelligence officers used overt intelligence collection methods, including using both personal relationships and enemy news sources to predict enemy movements and strategy. Therefore, collection was the most important element of intelligence prior to World War I for Germany, as it led to early success on…

preservation of physical and digital information items. These information items have grown to include not only books, but many kinds of printed material, and vast electronic resources. Librarians must understand all aspects of the management of these collections, including their selection, evaluation, organization, and preservation. In doing this, libraries help to maintain the learning of generations and ensure that information is protected, preserved, and accessible. The selection of…

The collection of Metadata is a Breach of Privacy: Edward Snowden, a hero The government habitually does things which go against what the American people stand for. The highly unethical collection of metadata is a prime example. What is metadata? Metadata is defined as "structured information that describes, explains, locates, or otherwise makes it easier to retrieve, use, or manage an information resource."(Is metadata collected by the government a threat to your privacy? Kassner). Edward…

decided to go to a quilt exhibit. An African American Quilt exhibit from the Cargo Collection, the Cargo collection is just a collection bought by Dr. Robert Cargo. Robert Cargo, is a owner of the Folk Art Gallery in Tuscaloosa Alabama. The Cargo collection of African Americans is 156 quilts made by African Americans women from Alabama. More than 32 different quilts made by very different ladies, make up this collection here in Lincoln. On November 20, I went down to the International Quilt…

Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) was one of the first American women to achieve prominence as a photographer. Trained at the Académie Julian in Paris, she studied photography upon her return to Washington, D.C., in the mid-1880s and opened a professional studio circa 1890. Her family's social position gave Johnston access to the First Family and leading Washington political figures and launched her career as a photojournalist and portrait photographer. Johnston turned to garden and estate…

in a museum context means? The Smithsonian Museum gives an accurate definition of it: “a set of processes that convert physical resources to a digital form or that create materials […] in a digital format. […] They form a new type of collection — a digital collection — that requires special care and preservation” (Smithsonian Institution, 2010, p. 3). Processes of digitization started with the appearance of CD-ROM invented by Philips in 1979, when technology was able to stock data. Today we live…

dispose of an item in a collection (Webster). Museums use this method by “permanently removing an artifact/artwork by gift, exchange, sale or destruction from a collection” (Principles of deaccession). A reasonable concern for the artifact must be acknowledged before a deliberation can happen about the removal of an object from a collection (principles of deaccession). Deaccession should only happen in a situation that will lead to the strengthening and improvement of a collection. Deaccession…

and archaeological collections hold. Many of these important texts are written by Dr. Samuel Alberti, who once was the Director of Museums and Archives at the Royal College of Surgeons and currently works at the National Museums of Scotland (NMS). These texts, such as Samuel Alberti’s “Morbid Curiosities: Medical Museums in Nineteenth-Century Britain” and “Medical Museums: Past, Present, and Future” focus on the human remains and other objects that are part of medical collections, but they are…

third edition in the series of ‘Great Fashions of the 20th Century.’ It became available in stores on January 1st, 1999. The fashions of the Barbie dolls in this collection highlight the biggest style influences of the 30s. This edition of the Barbie Is made specifically with collectors in mind to add these iconic dolls to their collection. The Mattel brand is popularized for their series of Barbie dolls. The Steppin Out doll is apart of the ‘Great Fashions of the 20th century’, outlining the…