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A Legal Dictionary for Museum Professionals, Second Edition by Heather Hope Kuruvilla is an excellent resource for all museum professionals. This book both defines basic museum-related vocabulary and delves deeply into more advanced topics such as copyright laws, NAGPRA, and Holocaust restitution in an accessible way. Later chapters explore trademarks, the duties of a museum's board of trustees, and more. A Legal Dictionary for Museum Professionals, Second Edition is not only a must-have for collections managers and registrars, but also for museum directors and trustees.--Gillian Suss, Collections Manager and Registrar, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ This edition of A Legal Dictionary for Museum Professionals is a much-needed and valuable resource for anyone working in museums. Kuruvilla's clear and concise prose not only clarifies but expounds on the potential legal issues connected to museums. From acquisitions to workers classification, and everything in between, this dictionary provides a comprehensive reference for all types of museums navigating the legal environment today.--Leslie M. Ochoa, Director of Collections, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas The Legal Dictionary for Museum Professionals, Second Edition provides a comprehensive overview of legal issues that museum professionals face. All subjects are presented in straightforward, easy to comprehend descriptions. The definitions are accessible and include references to texts that go into greater detail. In a series of longer essays, the book also addresses important topics related to the law and ethics, deaccessioning, and board responsibilities as well as copyright and intellectual property, among others. This is an important reference for anyone working in or with a museum -- from directors/CEOs and governing board members to staff, contractors, and volunteers alike. It provides an easy entry point for understanding the complex issues with which we should all be more familiar.--Sally Yerkovich, adjunct professor of Anthropology, department of Anthropology, Columbia University

A Legal Dictionary for Museum Professionals, Second Edition by Heather Hope Kuruvilla is an excellent resource for all museum professionals. This book both defines basic museum-related vocabulary and delves deeply into more advanced topics such as copyright laws, NAGPRA, and Holocaust restitution in an accessible way. Later chapters explore trademarks, the duties of a museum's board of trustees, and more. A Legal Dictionary for Museum Professionals, Second Edition is not only a must-have for collections managers and registrars, but also for museum directors and trustees.--Gillian Suss, Collections Manager and Registrar, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ The Legal Dictionary for Museum Professionals, Second Edition provides a comprehensive overview of legal issues that museum professionals face. All subjects are presented in straightforward, easy to comprehend descriptions. The definitions are accessible and include references to texts that go into greater detail. In a series of longer essays, the book also addresses important topics related to the law and ethics, deaccessioning, and board responsibilities as well as copyright and intellectual property, among others. This is an important reference for anyone working in or with a museum -- from directors/CEOs and governing board members to staff, contractors, and volunteers alike. It provides an easy entry point for understanding the complex issues with which we should all be more familiar.--Sally Yerkovich, adjunct professor of Anthropology, department of Anthropology, Columbia University

A Legal Dictionary for Museum Professionals, Second Edition by Heather Hope Kuruvilla is an excellent resource for all museum professionals. This book both defines basic museum-related vocabulary and delves deeply into more advanced topics such as copyright laws, NAGPRA, and Holocaust restitution in an accessible way. Later chapters explore trademarks, the duties of a museum's board of trustees, and more. A Legal Dictionary for Museum Professionals, Second Edition is not only a must-have for collections managers and registrars, but also for museum directors and trustees. The Legal Dictionary for Museum Professionals, Second Edition provides a comprehensive overview of legal issues that museum professionals face. All subjects are presented in straightforward, easy to comprehend descriptions. The definitions are accessible and include references to texts that go into greater detail. In a series of longer essays, the book also addresses important topics related to the law and ethics, deaccessioning, and board responsibilities as well as copyright and intellectual property, among others. This is an important reference for anyone working in or with a museum -- from directors/CEOs and governing board members to staff, contractors, and volunteers alike. It provides an easy entry point for understanding the complex issues with which we should all be more familiar. This edition of A Legal Dictionary for Museum Professionals is a much-needed and valuable resource for anyone working in museums. Kuruvilla's clear and concise prose not only clarifies but expounds on the potential legal issues connected to museums. From acquisitions to workers classification, and everything in between, this dictionary provides a comprehensive reference for all types of museums navigating the legal environment today.

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Heather Hope Kuruvilla is an instructor in arts administration in the master’s programs at Kutztown University and University of Kentucky, and a past instructor in the museum professions master’s program at Seton Hall University. She teaches in the areas of ethical and legal issues and civic engagement through the arts. A museum professional with special interests in the areas of intellectual property, museum governance, civic engagement, and the ethical and thoughtful approach to deaccessioning, Kuruvilla’s past research interests include the intersection of ethics and the law in museum deaccessioning and the impact of the Visual Artists Rights Act on museums. Her seminar article on deaccessioning was awarded honorable mention in the 2011 Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation student writing competition. Kuruvilla has professional museum experience in the areas of intellectual property management, exhibit design, and non-profit management. She received her B.A. in art history and psychology from Douglass College, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ), post-baccalaureate certificate in art history from Studio Art Centers International (Florence, Italy), M.A. with honors in museum professions from Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ), and J.D. with a certificate in intellectual property: art & museum law from DePaul University College of Law (Chicago, IL). The recipient of multiple awards, including the CALI Award for Excellence in Cultural Property Law Seminar and the Art Law Award from the Center for Art, Museum & Cultural Heritage Law, Kuruvilla is also a Leopold Schepp Foundation Scholar. While a student, she clerked for the Honorable Arlander Keys of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Honorable La Quietta Hardy-Campbell of the Circuit Court of Cook County, and upon graduation she clerked for the Honorable Melvin Gelade of the New Jersey Superior Court. A strong believer in the importance of service to the museum field, Kuruvilla has participated in panels, discussions, and workshops at regional and national museum conferences and currently serves on a task force for AASLH updating a position paper for the field.

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