Is the book mentioned below about writing a collections management policy or 
a collecting plan? I'm trying to find a good book on writing a collecting 
plan.

-Michelle

Michelle Gallagher Roberts
Chief Registrar
Museum of Fine Arts
107 West Palace Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505-476-5066 phone
505-476-5076 fax
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Subject: Re: Collections Management Policy
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:59:31 -0400

This is a neat little book from AAM, too:  The AAM Guide to Collections
Planning, James B. Gardner and Elizabeth E. Merritt.  Pub. AAM 2004.

While working on accreditation issues, I had a good long talk with the staff
at AAM on this topic.  It is much more straight-forward to update the policy
part than the planning part [at least for the collections with which I'm
working] because there are standardized, accepted practices, procedures and
policies.  Ask AAM if they can give you samples of vetted policies, which
you can adapt to the particulars of your organization.



Alexandra W. Rollins

Nonprofit and Arts Management

24 Goodrich Road

Jamaica Plain, MA  02130-2005

617-524-6007; fax 6037

www.rollinsupton.com

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Hello to all,

Thank you to those who responded to my last inquiry about the phonograph
recordings. The comments were very helpful. I have another problem that I am
hoping this wonderful community can help me with. We have decided to update
our Collections Management Policy and was wondering if you all could post or
send me your museums CMP? Ours has not been updated in a while so looking at
a recent one would be great. Thank you all.



Jarod Atkins, Curatorial Assistant

Edmond Historical Society

431 S. Boulevard, Edmond, OK 73034

Office:  (405)340-0078

www.edmondhistory.org



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