MDA legacy publications
The Collections Trust has a limited stock of books published by its predecessor body MDA. These are available to order from the printable order form or from the Collections Link shop. Please note that in many cases the content of these publications is out of date, or has been superseded by advice available free of charge on the Collections Link website.
SPECTRUM Knowledge
Standards for cultural information management
Compiled and edited by Helen Ashby, Gordon McKenna & Matthew Stiff
Offers guidelines on various aspects of information management, increasing sustainability, interoperability, resource and implementation issues and legal issues. It also includes procedures for the development of an information and knowledge collecting policy, retention and disposal of information, audit planning, information and knowledge audit, access audit, legal audit, ethics audit, user needs analysis, evaluation, and how to ensure compatibility with related policies and standards.
Price: £35.00
Standards in Action - SPECTRUM IT Guide
Compiled and edited by Matthew Stiff & Gordon McKenna
Very few museums or galleries will need a system that will support all of the Units of information in SPECTRUM. The SPECTRUM IT Guide will help you to assess the most appropriate level of support for your organisation.
Price: £12.50
Standards in Action - Working with Archaeology
Compiled and edited by Christine Longworth & Barbara Wood
Produced jointly by MDA and the Society of Museum Archaeologists to specifically address the needs of the archaeological community. The Guide takes account of the different circumstances in the Channel Islands, England, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It also refers to other standards created specifically for archaeology.
Price: £15.00
Standards in Action - Managing archive collections in Museums
Compiled and edited by Peter Elliot
Book 4 of the Standards in Action series looks at documentation, storage and access issues relating to archive collections, and reviews relevant legal issues. The core of the book is a series of mappings from the main archival description and naming standards (ISAD(G), MAD 3, EAD, ISAAR(CPF) and the NCA Rules) to SPECTRUM. The book also examines the related areas of interoperability and data exchange. The guide is intended both to help museum curators without archival training who are working with or responsible for archive collections, and to help archivists working in museums.
Price: £18.50
Cataloguing Made Easy
Second edition
By Stuart A Holm
Totally updated text and revised format. Now also for users of computer systems as well as those of the simple catalogue card. The general guidance on offer is applicable to any collections management software that complies with MDA SPECTRUM standards. It explains the concept of cataloguing in context and includes a practical section of worked examples based on four different types of object.
Price: £23.50
Managing New Technology Projects
in Museums and Galleries
By Matthew Stiff
Produced with the help of a generous grant from the Carnegie UK Trust. The inspiration for this publication came about as a result of MDA's involvement in evaluating applications for the Carnegie UK Trust's Innovation in the Use of IT award scheme. The practical information put forward draws upon the experience of the many successful applicants to that grant programme. Although much of the advice is on project management there is specific reference to new technology issues as they apply in the cultural sector.
Price: £12.50
MDA Railway Object Name Thesaurus
Foreword by Sam Mullins
Contains about 4 thousands terms, alphabetically, many with a 'scope note' giving a definition and a 'literary warrant' giving an authoritative published reference for the term. Also the terms are structured into various hierachies.
Price: £24.25
MDA Waterways Object Name Thesaurus
Foreword by Sir Neil Cossons
Contains over 1200 waterways-specific terms in the areas of: Components (objects forming part of a large object), Containers, Costume, Tools & Equipment, Transport (vehicles used to carry people, animals or materials).
Price: £24.50
Social History and Industrial Classification (SHIC2)
(2nd ed)
By SHIC Working Party
This widely used museum classification system has been updated to incorporate many changes prompted by feedback from users. Now with index.
Price: £31.00
Simple Subject Headings
Based on the Social History and Industrial Classification
Compiled by Stuart Holm
This is aimed at smaller museums - particularly those run by volunteers - with fairly mixed local history collections. It is not a list of object names, nor does it cover specific people, places, dates or events. Rather, as its name suggests, it enables collections of artefacts and images to be indexed under some broad, but useful keywords.
Price: £6.50
Hertfordshire Simple Name List
Compiled by the Hertfordshire Curators' Group
A thesaurus of terms for use in cataloguing general social history collections.
Price: £10.00
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