Guidance for bulk accessioning
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This resource outlines bulk accessioning and how to apply it to different collections.
Accessioning
Guidance for secure and tamperproof accession records
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This resource offers guidance on looking after your accession records to ensure they are secure and tamperproof.
Accession registers
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Collections Trust supplies registers which are used by museum practitioners worldwide to manage museum collections. Accession registers support the Spectrum Acquisition procedure (a Spectrum Primary Procedure). They are used to create a permanent record of accessions to the museum’s long term collections.
Part of: Accessioning, Acquisition and accessioning
Archaeological archive deposition policy for museums in Yorkshire and the Humber
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This policy is designed to create a uniform region-wide approach to the preparation and deposition of archaeological archives. The document has been developed in partnership with museums throughout the Yorkshire and Humber region, local government archaeological officers, English Heritage, the University of York and a number of field archaeological units.
Part of: Accessioning, Storing
Acquiring objects – due diligence checklist
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This checklist will help you follow up lines of enquiry to establish the ownership and history of the object you are acquiring. It is a useful checklist for both cultural heritage and commercial organisations.
Spectrum advice: Re-numbering your collections - why it might not be worthwhile
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This Spectrum Advice fact sheet explores re-numbering, suggests why it is a poor use of resources, and gives some examples of numbering problems and their solutions.