MDA is pleased to announce that Standards in Museum Care of Collections 
series are now available from the Collections Link website at:

http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/conserve_objects/standards_colls_care

The series was originally published in the 1990s by the Museums and Galleries 
Commission (MGC), now the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) 
and cover: 

* Archaeological Collections; 
* Biological Collections; 
* Geological Collections; 
* Larger and Working Objects; 
* Touring Exhibitions; 
* Photographic Collections; 
* Musical Instrument Collections; 
* Costume and Textile Collections. 

Updates to those on Geological Collections (ed. Mick Stanley, 2004), and 
Musical Instruments (ed.Patricia Andrew, 2005) replace the earlier versions.

Both standards were revised to reflect changes in current best practice, 
legislation and health and safety regulations. They are equally applicable to 
small local collections or national museums with a huge variety and number of 
objects. They include advice on a wide range of curatorial tasks from 
conservation, disaster planning and environmental control to access, loans 
and research, and include sections linking to sources of further advice and 
information.

Peter Winsor, Collections Link Project Director, commented: 

"The Standards in the Museum Care of Collections series is still widely 
regarded as the best source of information on the conservation and care of 
different types of collection. We are delighted to be able to make these 
revisions available via Collections Link, and it is hoped that revisions of other 
publications in the series will follow."

The revised standards join a range of new resources on the website. Also 
recently added is a section on Emergency Planning highlighting resources from 
outside the cultural sector: 

http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/plan_for_emergencies

and the London Screen Archives guide to caring for moving image collections: 

http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/special_collection/photo_film

Gordon.

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