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