1. The document provides an overview of collections management, outlining key activities like acquisitions, documentation, access provision, and care of collections. 2. Collections management involves balancing access, preservation, costs, and public value. It requires resources like people, systems, expertise and funding to inventory, care for, and provide access to collections. 3. Effective collections management systems associate objects with information like location data, ownership details, and condition reports, and allow for searching, editing and interacting with this information.

1. UNDERSTANDING COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT 17.03.09

2. Introductions Who are you? What is your background/profession? What do you want to get out of today?

3. Introductions Nick Poole CEO of the Collections Trust UK representative for Culture within the EC Councillor of the Museums Association Adviser to UK & international Govt agencies Lecturer in Museum Studies Financial Services background

5. Structure Session 1. What is Collections Management? Session 2. Why do we do it? BREAK Session 3. How do organisations Manage Collections? Session 4. Collections and Information Q&A

7. Session 1. What is Collections Management? Who needs to manage Collections?

9. Session 1. What is Collections Management? What kinds of activity might you need to do to manage a Collection?

11. Collections Trust/BSI Code of Practice for Collections Management Organisation’s Mission Statement Collections Management Policy Collections Development Collections Information Collections Access Collections Care

12. Session 1. What is Collections Management? Can you think of any other sector/industry that does a similar thing?

15. Session 2. Why do we Manage Collections? What are the benefits of taking a professional approach to Collections Management?

19. Structure Session 1. What is Collections Management? Session 2. Why do we do it? BREAK Session 3. How do organisations Manage Collections? Session 4. Collections and Information Q&A

20. Session 3. How do organisations Manage Collections If Collections Management combines collections development, information, access and care, what do you think you need in order to do it?

22. Session 3. How do organisations Manage Collections What components do you think a Collections Management System needs to have?

25. Session 4. Collections and Information Given the role played by Collections Management, can you suggest different kinds of information which you need to record about Collections?

27. Session 4. Collections and Information What do you think are the main challenges confronting an organisation in managing this information?

30. Q&A Now you know more about Collections Management, what do you think are the main obstacles facing the profession?

31. Q&A Any questions!

32. Key URLs www.collectionslink.org.uk www.collectionstrust.org.uk www.culturalpropertyadvice.gov.uk www.bsi.org.uk www.museumsassociation.org