Collection Management Policies

Tutorials

• Museum Core Documents: Collections Management PolicyThis video provides an overview of one of the Collections Management Policy. The presenter discusses what a collections management policy is, why it is important, the benefits of having a collections management policy in place, and the required elements for writing an effective collections management policy.
• Preservation Assessment for Small Institutions This video discusses how a preservation assessment serves as a tool that combines all the recommendations for improving preservation of a collection. The presentation provides an overview of programs that may fund preservation assessments and discusses how institutions can leverage the assessment into improvements.

Tools

• Introduction to Creating a Collections Development Policy
• Collections Development Policy Worksheet
• Collections Development Policy Template
• Developing a Digital Preservation Policy

Examples

• Washington State University Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections General Collections Policy
• Menominee Logging Camp Museum Collections Assessment Report
• IKC Collection Inventory Database