Here you can find further resources to help with the Spectrum procedure Object entry. For the procedure itself follow this link.
This resource explores pre-entry and provides guidance on how to deal in advance with archaeological archives entering your collection. This will not be relevant for all collections but any that involve types of fieldwork will need to document the pre-entry process.
Collections Trust supplies pre-printed, triplicate forms that support the Spectrum Object entry procedure and are used whenever an object enters the museum.
As part of its work with documentation standards the Collections Trust (and its predecessor body MDA) has, since the 1970s, been developing and maintaining a scheme which allows the identification of UK collection-holding organisations and their collections through “codes” which are unique to each organisation.
This resource gives guidance on numbering your collection, on different types and formats and a summary of commonly occurring issues surrounding numbering.
CITES is an international agreement between governments. This multilateral treaty aims to protect endangered plants and animals and relates to the acquisition of biological and geological material in developing collections.