Collection manuals

COLL 1 HANDBOOK FOR SMALL MUSEUMS / Museums Association of Australia (Perth, 1985)
Summarises aspects of museums practice and gives guidelines on a range of topics.

COLL 2 GEOLOGY & THE LOCAL MUSEUM: MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR GEOLOGICAL COLLECTION / S. KNELL & M.A. TAYLOR (H.M.S.O, 1989)
A simple guide, written for the non-specialist.

COLL 3* LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS / E.T. THOMPSON (A.A.S.L.H., Nashville, 1978)
A concise, practical manual for curators and librarians .

COLL 4 THE MANUAL OF CURATORSHIP - 2nd edition (ed) JOHN M.A.THOMPSON
A guide to museum practice.

COLL 5* MANUAL OF NATURAL HISTORY CURATORSHIP GEOFF STANSFIELD, JOHN MATHIAS & GORDON REID, (ed),1994

COLL 6 SOCIAL HISTORY IN MUSEUMS DAVIS FLEMING, CRISPIN PAINE & JOHN G RHODES (ed), 1993

COLL 7 CARE OF COLLECTIONS / SIMON KNELL (University of Leicester, 1994)
This volume brings together many important articles and extracts examining aspects of collection management and care, in particular preventative conservation

COLL 8 MUSEUM COLLECTIONS IN INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS / BILL BORDAS, MAY CASSAR (ed) (Museums & Galleries Commission; The Conservation Unit)
A selection and adaptation guide.

COLL 9 HIDDEN ASSETS / EMMELINE LEARY (ed) (Museums & Galleries Commission)
Report researched by Clare Conybeare, MA FMA and Anitra Travers PhD. Museums and their Archive Collections in Devon and Cornwall.

COLL 10 CURATION OF PALAEONTOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS / M G BASSETT (ed).
The Palaeontological Association/Special Papers in Palaeontology 22. The Palaeontogical Association London (June 1979). A joint colloquium of The Palaeontological Association and Geological Curators’ Group.

COLL 11 REGIONAL MUSEUMS / (Study Series, International Council of Museums, 1999)

COLL 12 STEALING HISTORY (THE ILLICIT TRADE IN CULTURAL MATERIAL) The MC Donald Innstitute for Archaeological Research, 2000)

COLL 13 INCREASING ANTIQUITY: ARCHAEOLOGY COLLECTIONS AND COLLECTION IN YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE Report on Yorkshire museums Council archaeology Collections project (Yorkshire Museums Council, 2000)

COLL 14 COMMUNITY ARCHIVES - ENGLAND. Itafit case study/ (ITAFIT, 2001)

COLL 15 A SURVEY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARCHIVES IN ENGLAND: A report prepared for English Heritage & the Museums and Galleries Commission / (Route, 1998)

COLL 16 THE TRANSFER OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARCHIVES IN SURREY: A guidance note produced by the Archaeological Curators Group for the Surrey Museums Consultative Committee/ (SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL, 1999)

COLL 17 A MEASURE OF SUCCESS: Research into museums and collections in Southern England / (Southern Museums Agency, 2001)

COLL 18 Archaeology in Surrey Museums / Hedley Swain (MoLAS, 1995)

This report is a strategic survey of the provision for archaeology collections held by the museums in Surrey. It forms part of the Surrey Museums Archaeological Collections Survey commissioned by the SMCC and was undertaken by MoLAS. It draws together the results of the individual museum visits and in addition includes information from a series of informal interviews with those directly involved in the strategic planning of archaeology and museums in the county. It attempts to set the SWOTs to archaeology provision and makes a series of recommendations.

COLL 19 SURVEY OF TEXTILE COLLECTIONS IN SURREY'S MUSEUMS / (The Textile Conservation Centre, 1996)

COLL 21 A CODE OF PRACTICE ON ARCHIVES FOR MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM/ (Standing Conference on Archives & Museums, 2002)

COLL 22 SURREY ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS: Relating to the History & Antiquities of the County / (Surrey Archaeological Society, Volume 91, 2004)