mda (formerly the Museum Documentation Association) is beginning work on the
next edition of SPECTRUM, the UK Museum Documentation Standard. As part of
this work we are keen to provide further guidance on archival material
within museum collections. We also making significant improvements to the
units of information within SPECTRUM and will be including agreed mappings
from SPECTRUM to other major standards, including ISAD-G.
This work is supported by the Standing Conference on Archives and Museums
and a working group will be established to provide guidance and support. It
would, however, be greatly facilitated by having a trained museum archivist
sharing their knowledge and expertise with us. Such a placement could be
covered under the Sharing Museum Skills in the Millennium Award scheme.
Placements usually last for six weeks full time but can be spread over a
longer period part time.
If anyone would be interested in making a SMSMA application to work with us
on the archival aspects of SPECTRUM 3 we would be very pleased to hear from
you.
Dr Matthew Stiff
Head of Standards
mda, 19 Riverside Road, Oxford, OX2 0HT
Tel: +44 (0)1865 200561
Fax: +44 (0)870 054 7783
Mobile: +44 (0)7939 151510
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URL: www.mda.org.uk
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