Revised Standards in Collections Care Now Available on Collections Link
MDA is pleased to announce that updated versions of two publications in the Standards in Museum Care of Collections series are now available from the Collections Link website at: www.collectionslink.org.uk/conserve_objects/standards_colls_care
The series was originally published by the Museums and Galleries Commission (MGC), now the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). Alongside the six other resources in the series, updated versions of those on Geological Collections, edited by Mick Stanley in 2004, and Musical Instruments, edited by Patricia Andrew in 2005, are now available online.
Both standards have been revised to reflect changes in current best practice, legislation and health and safety regulations, and 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, and the London Screen Archives guide to caring for moving image collections.
To download the Standards in Museum Care of Collections series or any other Collections Link resources for free, please visit www.collectionslink.org.uk.
Notes for Editors
Collections Link is the Renaissance-funded national collections advisory service managed by MDA in partnership with The Institute of Conservation (Icon) and The National Preservation Office. www.collectionslink.org.uk
Renaissance is the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council's £150 million programme to transform England's regional museums. For the first time ever, investment from central government is helping regional museums across the country to raise their standards and deliver real results in support of education, learning, community development and economic regeneration. Renaissance is helping museums to meet people's changing needs - and to change people's lives. For more information, log onto www.mla.gov.uk and following the links through Programmes to Renaissance.
For more information about Collections Link, contact Peter Winsor, Project Director at peter@mda.org.uk or telephone 01223 316 028.
