Cathy,
We have a reference library open to the public as well
as staff. All our items in the library are not
accessioned into the permenant collection. We keep a
list of all item in the library in the collections
room, since we are the ones to make the call on if
they are worthy of the collection or not. Each of the
books is stamped with our museum stamp to keep them
from wandering out of the museum. However, a patron
can ask to check out a book and this idea is being
coordinated with the local library.
Terrilyn
Collections Assistant
Rogers Historical Museum
Rogers, AR
--- cathyosterman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> Going a step further on what's already been said
> about
> accessioning books, I'm curious whether any of you
> have
> reference libraries, and if so, are the books
> accessioned?
> Our policy is to accession rare and historic books
> into our
> permanent collection and not allow the public to
> handle
> them. We do have a reference library that the staff
> and
> public can use and the feeling has been that we
> shouldn't
> accession reference books (care of collection books,
> books
> on wagons or cowboys or historic quilts, etc.)
>
> What is standard for reference libraries regarding
> books
> that the staff uses and that the public can use with
> supervision? If a book is donated to the museum but
> it's
> determined not to be historic and worthy of the
> permanent
> collection, but it is placed in a reference library
> setting,
> should it be marked to signifiy the donor? I've seen
> no
> standard in my museum and I'm curious what others
> have done
> in their museums. Is anyone else facing the same
> sort of use
> and status issues?
>
> Cathy Osterman
> Curator of Collections
> CFD Old West Museum
> Cheyenne, WY
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sherry <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] accessioning books
> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:50:32 -0500
>
> > I've never heard of such a policy regarding
> copyright.
> > I'm with you. We accession books.
> >
> > Sherry Massey
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Laura Bachelder
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 8:51 AM
> > Subject: [MUSEUM-L] accessioning books
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have a question for all our registrars out
> there. I
> > have just taken a new job as Curator. My
> predecessor had
> > determined somewhere that books should never be
> > accessioned due to copyright issues. For example,
> we have
> > a new collection of a politician's campaign
> materials
> > which includes a cookbook that the campaign
> committee had
> > developed and published. Per my predecessor, the
> cookbook
> > can't be accessioned with the rest of the
> collection. This
> > also held true for magazines.
> >
> >
> >
> > In my experience I would have accessioned the
> book so
> > that it was intellectually connected to the rest
> of the
> > collection. I would think that our only concern as
> far as
> > copyright is concerned is how we use the book now
> that it
> > is in the collection. Obviously if we do not hold
> the
> > rights we will not want to be reproducing it for
> sale in
> > the Museum Store or be allowing indiscriminate
> public use.
> > Accessioning would simply mean that we own that
> particular
> > copy of the book, not the rights to the material.
> >
> >
> >
> > How are others dealing with this?
> >
> >
> >
> > Laura M. Bachelder, Curator of Collections
> >
> > Midway Village & Museum Center
> >
> > 815-397-9112 ext 108
> >
> > 815-397-9156 fax
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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