Collections Trust Books
The Collections Trust is developing a new series of publications to give practitioners, volunteers and students the skills they need to manage their collections effectively. The first two books in the series, Documentation: a practical guide and Pest Management: a practical guide are available to order now. Further titles will be published over the coming months, including Collections Management: a practical guide and Copyright: a practical guide.
Documentation: a practical guide
Written by Margaret Harrison & Gordon McKenna
Documentation: a practical guide is the essential first stop for anyone wishing to manage a museum collection and its documentation to a high standard. For those with no previous museum experience it presents the basics of documentation clearly and concisely, and for those with more experience it provides an easy-reference guide to good documentation.
To order your copy, please complete the order form and return it to the Collections Trust.
Price: £25.00 (10% discount for Collections Trust loyalty card holders).
To enquire about discounts on bulk orders of 10 or more copies, please contact us.
Pest Management: a practical guide
Written by David Pinniger
Pest Management: a practical guide provides cultural heritage organisations with essential information on identifying and dealing with pest problems, and gives comprehensive guidance on implementing an effective pest management programme.
A free copy of the new English Heritage/Collections Trust pest identification poster will be supplied with every copy ordered.
To order your copy, please complete the order form and return it to the Collections Trust.
Price: £25.00 (10% discount for Collections Trust loyalty card holders).
To enquire about discounts on bulk orders of 10 or more copies, please contact us.
SPECTRUM
Edited by Gordon McKenna & Efthymia Patsatzi
SPECTRUM is recognised both nationally and internationally as the industry standard for Collections Management. Now in its 3rd, revised edition, SPECTRUM has been developed in partnership with over 100 museum professionals.
The latest edition can be downloaded free for non-commercial use from the SPECTRUM pages, and hard copies are available for purchase as ring-bound print-outs via the downloadable order form.
Price: £33.00, or £28 for Collections Trust loyalty card holders.
BSI / Collections Trust Code of Practice for Cultural Collections Management
The Collections Trust has worked in partnership with the British Standards Institute to develop an innovative new standard: BSI PAS197:2009: Code of Practice for Cultural Collections Management.
Produced in consultation with leading practitioners across libraries, archives and museums, this new standard provides a blueprint to enable senior decision-makers to take an integrated and strategic approach to the business of delivering next-generation services through Collections Management.
Copies of the Code of Practice are available to purchase from the BSI website at:
http://www.s2d6.com/x/?x=c&z=s&campaignid=912&affiliateid=54221&t=http://www.bsi-global.com/en/Shop/Publication-Detail/?pid=000000000030175180
Price: £58.00
MDA legacy publications
The Collections Trust has a limited stock of books published by its predecessor body MDA. These are available to order from the remaindered books page or from the Collections Link shop. Please note that in many cases the content of these publications has been superseded by updated advice available free of charge on the Collections Link website.
