Documentation

DOC 1 SPECTRUM ESSENTIALS / ALISON GRANT (MDA, 1994)

Spectrum Essentials describes procedures for documenting museum collections and the processes they undergo.

DOC 2 MICROCOMPUTERS IN MUSEUMS (Museum Documentation Association, 1984)

An excellent introduction for the layman.

DOC 3 MUSEUM PROCEDURE: CLASSIFICATION (Reading University, 1978)

A brief guide to the principles of the MERL (Museum of English Rural Life) classification system.

DOC 4 MUSEUM PROCEDURE: PHOTOGRAPHS / SADIE B. WARD (University of Reading, 1978)

DOC 5* FACTS & ARTEFACTS: HOW TO DOCUMENT A MUSEUM COLLECTION / STUART A HOLM, 1991

Outlines a set of basic documentation procedures for all museums.

DOC 6 COMPUTERS IN MUSEUMS. THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE FOR MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS. (The Museum Documentation Association, 1994/95)

A publication that concentrates on the software available for collections management and documentation.

DOC 7 OUR FRAGILE HERITAGE: DOCUMENTING THE PAST FOR OUR FUTURE / HENRIK JARLLTANSEN AND GILLIAN QUINE Editors (The National Museum of Denmark 1999)

A collection of studies on identifying and documenting cultural heritage objects, information and needs. Focusing on Archaeology, there is also important information data standards and strategies.

DOC 8 COMMITTEE FOR DOCUMENTATION / (International Council of Museums, 1996)

Papers on Museums and Documentation including standards and information technology.

DOC 9 MAKING PRINT LEGIBLE: BASIC GUIDELINES / (RNIB ACC 36 Publications Unit, 1990)

Guidelines for type size, typography, colour, design and paper quality.

DOC10 * STANDARDS IN ACTION:

A guide to using SPECTRUM Book 1(Museum Documentation Assocciation, 1998)

DOC11* STANDARDS IN ACTION: SPECTRUM IT GUIDE Book 2 (Museum Documentation Association, 1998)

DOC 12* STANDARDS IN ACTION: WORKING WITH ARCHAEOLOGY BOOK 3 (Museum Documentation Association, 1998)

DOC 14 COMMUNITY ARCHIVES / (Comm@NET)

A handbook for libraries, museums, galleries and archives working with community archives

DOC 5 MAKING SENSE FOR ARCHIVES: SOUTH EAST REGIONAL ARCHIVE STRATEGY / (SERAC, 2001)

This document aims to set out a plan for the development of the archive network in South East England.

DOC 16 SOCIAL HISTORY AND INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SHIC): A SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION FOR MUSEUM COLLECTIONS (Museum Documentation Association, 1993)

DOC 17 MANAGING THE DIGITISATION OF LIBRARY, ARCHIVE AND MUSEUM MATERIALS (National Preservation Office)

This leaflet aims to introduce the library, archive and museum professional to the management of the digitisation process, of digitisation projects and of digital image archives.

DOC 18 THE TRANSFER OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARCHIVES IN SURREY (Surrey County Council, 1999)

A Guidance note produced by the Archaeological Curators Group for the Surrey Museums Consultative Committee

DOC 19 STANDARDS IN ACTION : MANAGING ARCHIVE COLLECTIONS IN MUSEUMS Book 4 / edited by Peter Elliott (Museum Documentation Association, 2002)

DOC 20 A ADLIB MUSEUM FOR WINDOWS USER GUIDE

DOC 21 SIMPLE SUBJECT HEADING / Stuart Holm (Museum Documentation Association, 1996)

This book is aimed at smaller museums - particularly those run by volunteers - with fairly mixed local history collections. It enables collections of artefacts and images to be indexed under some broad, but useful, keywords.

DOC 22 MGC REGISTRATION PHASE 11: DOCUMENTATION CHECKLIST (Museum Documentation Association, 1990)

DOC 23 THE BRITISH MUSEUM MATERIALS THESAURUS / Tanya Szrajber (ed) (Museums Documentation Association, 1997)

DOC 24 MDA ARCHAEOLOGICAL OBJECTS THESAURUS (Museum Documentation Association, 1997)

DOC 25 MUSEUM PROCEDURE (Reading University, 1960)

A brief guide to the principles of the MERL (Museum of English Rural Life) system.

DOC 26 MUSEUM PROCEDURE: LIBRARY (Reading University, 1978)

A brief guide to the principles of the MERL (Museum of English Rural Life) library system.

DOC 27 MUSEUM PROCEDURE: TRADE RECORDS COLLECTION (Reading University, 1973)

A brief guide to the principles of the MERL (Museum of English Rural Life) trade records collection system.

DOC 28 PROCEDURE FOR THE OBJECT COLLECTION (MERL, 1996)

A brief guide to the principles of the MERL (Museum of English Rural Life) accessioning of objects system.