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CAP ASSESSOR CERTIFICATION Recently Melanie Kasper and Jessica Senker have obtained CAP Assessor Certification. Validation of their conservation and preservation training, experience conducting general assessments, as well as at least five years of experience in the field were required for their eligibility for certification. In addition to Sam Harris, we now have three CAP Assessors on our personnel, and we are pleased to improve our team with this new found certification. Heritage Preservation’s Conservation Assessment Program (CAP) is supported through a cooperative agreement with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The goal of the assessment is to give the museum a basis on which to form plans and policies for the long-term care and preservation of its collections. By doing so, a museum establishes conservation as an integral part of its mission and will support it through policies and activities that reflect a commitment to collections care. The CAP Assessment is a general conservation survey that comprises of an extensive study of museum policies, procedures, and conditions relating to and concerning collections care. Regarding historic buildings, the proper care and preservation of the structure is an equally important consideration. Museums in historic structures will receive the onsite participation of both a collections and an architectural assessor. As the preservation needs of a historic structure and the collections are interrelated, this collaboration is vital to the assessors’ success. Generally 70 percent of the recipients require an architectural assessor. If you are interested in becoming a CAP Assessor or would like to read more about CAP Assessment please see the Heritage Perservation’s CAP website: http://www.heritagepreservation.org/CAP/index.html |
