Where is Grandpa's "Jolly Aces" Recording?: Collection Inventory

All items on the main floor will be entered into PastPerfect. Achieved.
All items on the main floor will have unique accession numbers and locator numbers. Achieved.
All items on the main floor will be rehoused in display cases or stored. Achieved.
Staff will keep anecdotal records of research activities. Achieved and ongoing.
Anecdotal records will be monitored by the museum director. Achieved and ongoing.
Staff will attend a training session in March, 2015. Adapted. Teaching museum staff to use PastPerfect involved much more time than expected; training staff members individually worked better than training in a group session.
We achieved the above results because the Collections Consultant and the Director worked consistently and paid careful attention to details. Knowing the value of a central database as the foundation for research was a strong motivating factor. The museum is closed during the winter months; there was plenty of space providing for easy access to artifacts and to organize paperwork.

Duplicates will be stored. Begun.
Displays will rotate. Begun.
Decisions will be made regarding storage. Begun.
Displays will have visual space. Begun.
LHPA will coordinate displays with community events. Begun.
LHPA will outreach information to the community. Begun.

We did not achieve the target ending date because we underestimated the need for investigating the artifact donation documents. Many artifacts had been listed under the same accession number. The descriptions on many documents were inadequate. For example,