THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE MUSEUM WILL IMPROVE THE STEWARDSHIP OF ITS COLLECTIONS THROUGH A TWO-YEAR COLLECTIONS INVENTORY AND DIGITIZATION PROJECT. A FULL-TIME INVENTORY COORDINATOR AND 4 PART-TIME PROJECT ASSISTANTS WILL WORK UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MUSEUM?S REGISTRAR. PROJECT STAFF WILL 1) CONDUCT AN INVENTORY OF 5,600 OBJECTS, INCLUDING WEAPONS, ARMAMENT, UNIFORMS, HOUSEWARES, AND TOYS; 2) PHOTOGRAPH EACH OBJECT AT EITHER A BASIC OR PUBLICATION-QUALITY STANDARD; AND 3) VERIFY AND COLLECT DATA-ENTRY INFORMATION FOR 2,400 ACCESSION LOTS IN THE CULTURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS. THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN REFINED INVENTORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY PROTOCOLS FOR DIGITIZATION OF COLLECTION OBJECTS, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND THE ACQUISITION OF A DEDICATED SERVER TO ENSURE THAT THE DATABASE HAS CAPACITY FOR FUTURE GROWTH.