MDA is pleased to announce that Standards in Museum Care of Collections
series are now available from the Collections Link website at:
http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/conserve_objects/standards_colls_care
The series was originally published in the 1990s by the Museums and
Galleries Commission (MGC), now the Museums, Libraries and Archives
Council (MLA) and cover:
* Archaeological Collections;
* Biological Collections;
* Geological Collections;
* Larger and Working Objects;
* Touring Exhibitions;
* Photographic Collections;
* Musical Instrument Collections;
* Costume and Textile Collections.
Updates to those on Geological Collections (ed. Mick Stanley, 2004), and
Musical Instruments (ed.Patricia Andrew, 2005) replace the earlier
versions.
Both standards were revised to reflect changes in current best practice,
legislation and health and safety regulations. They are equally applicable
to small local collections or national museums with a huge variety and
number of objects. They include advice on a wide range of curatorial tasks
from conservation, disaster planning and environmental control to access,
loans and research, and include sections linking to sources of further
advice and information.
Peter Winsor, Collections Link Project Director, commented:
"The Standards in the Museum Care of Collections series is still widely
regarded as the best source of information on the conservation and care of
different types of collection. We are delighted to be able to make these
revisions available via Collections Link, and it is hoped that revisions
of other publications in the series will follow."
The revised standards join a range of new resources on the website. Also
recently added is a section on Emergency Planning highlighting resources
from outside the cultural sector:
http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/plan_for_emergencies
and the London Screen Archives guide to caring for moving image
collections:
http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/special_collection/photo_film
Gordon.
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