Collection management
From Our Toolkit
Topic overview
In this section we will explore the different elements and tasks that make up good collection management:
- What do we mean by collection management and why it is important?
- Level 1 – Recording your collection; defining what you collect; key documents; labelling your collection; photographing your collection
- Level 2 – Cataloguing your collection; documentation planning; writing a Collection Development policy; loaning material in/out of your collection; collection specific policies; basic emergency planning
- Level 3 – Collection review; disposing of items from your collection; contemporary collecting; rights management; advanced emergency planning
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- Our toolkit
- Welcome to the toolkit
- How to use this toolkit
- Governance
- Financial planning
- Income generation
- Fundraising
- Collections
- What do we mean by collections?
- The difference between the museum and archive approach
- Things to consider before you start
- Accreditation schemes
- Collections at risk
- Digitising your collection
- Collection management
- Collection care
- Hear it from an expert – Brian Worrell
- Hear it from an expert – Dave Smith
- Audiences
- Learning
- Evaluation
- Access
- Staffing and volunteers
- Community engagement
- Coming soon!
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