Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries is developing a
cross-sectoral Stewardship Strategy for museums, archives and libraries.
Education for Change has been appointed as consultants to map Resource’s
vision for Stewardship, consult with stakeholders and produce the written
Strategy.

The Stewardship Strategy will inform policy and funding decisions by
Resource, Government and other strategic agencies and will provide a
planning and development resource for museums, archives and libraries in
the Stewardship field.  The strategy will address key issues including
standards and funding provision for Stewardship in the three domains.  It
will be concluded in March 2001 and will cover areas such as acquisition
and disposal; preservation, conservation and collection care; preservation
and collection management; documentation and cataloguing; environmental
management of buildings; security; use of collections; risk management and
emergency preparedness and research.

The strategy will build upon a number of national and international
initiatives undertaken separately by museums, archives and libraries in
recent years.  EfC is interviewing and gathering evidence and opinion from
the professional and policy-making communities.  This work has already
begun and will continue into January. We would welcome your comments on
issues identified initially as well as any other points you would like to
make.

To this end we have sent this message to a number of professional
discussion lists.  You can find a rough checklist of issues at EfC's
website (www.efc.co.uk).  PLease send your comments to Julie Carpenter on
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Julie Carpenter
Education for Change Ltd
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