MLA launches survey on Accreditation requirements
Geraldine Kendall, 27.05.2010
National standard currently under review
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) is currently reviewing the requirements for its benchmark Museum Accreditation Scheme.
The organisation has launched an online survey offering museums a chance to influence the new requirements before the next phase is introduced later this year.
MLA hopes the review will help cut out unnecessary bureaucracy and simplify the Accreditation process. It has run a series of events and consultations over the past year to identify areas in which the current standard may be improved.
MLA wants the scheme to be more useful to museums looking to improve with "sound practice and planning". It would also like the new set of requirements to encourage museums to involve local communities in the development and delivery of their services.
MA collections coordinator Sally Cross, who participated in the consultation process, said: “The new standard has the potential to encourage much more joined-up thinking in museums - for example by linking requirements within the standards to forward planning, and viewing collections management activities more holistically.”
According to Cross, this approach will bring the Accreditation standard in line with PAS 197:2009, the code of practice for cultural collections management developed by the Collections Trust last year.
MLA is welcoming feedback from both individuals and representatives of groups and organisations.
Click here to participate in the survey
The organisation has launched an online survey offering museums a chance to influence the new requirements before the next phase is introduced later this year.
MLA hopes the review will help cut out unnecessary bureaucracy and simplify the Accreditation process. It has run a series of events and consultations over the past year to identify areas in which the current standard may be improved.
MLA wants the scheme to be more useful to museums looking to improve with "sound practice and planning". It would also like the new set of requirements to encourage museums to involve local communities in the development and delivery of their services.
MA collections coordinator Sally Cross, who participated in the consultation process, said: “The new standard has the potential to encourage much more joined-up thinking in museums - for example by linking requirements within the standards to forward planning, and viewing collections management activities more holistically.”
According to Cross, this approach will bring the Accreditation standard in line with PAS 197:2009, the code of practice for cultural collections management developed by the Collections Trust last year.
MLA is welcoming feedback from both individuals and representatives of groups and organisations.
Click here to participate in the survey
