You might check with the Smithsonian for how they control access to storage
areas. Our primary collections storage facility is off-site so there really
isn't any public access except with a staff member for a very special
reason. We control access to our library stacks and collection dept. files
via locked doors. Nobody except who has a key to those spaces may enter
when the room's unoccupied. When the staff is working in the spaces other
staff members may enter. Outside visitors, i.e public, are escorted back to
these spaces if necessary.

Mary Ames Sheret
Southern Oregon Historical Society


>We are examining our policy and procedures for access of to storage and
>other staff only areas by researchers or visitors.
>
>What kind of systems for badges, visitors log etc. do people use.
>How do you verify that the badges are returned to the proper place in
>the museum or that they are not reused?
>
>Thanks for any suggestions or resources of where to look at systems.
>
>Sylvia S. Duggan
>Assistant Registrar, Loans
>University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology