In brief

The MLA has published a report, Accreditation: What Next?, outlining the sector’s requirements from a revamped Accreditation scheme. A new standard is being trialled by 10 museums and services across the UK. Arts Council England will take on the scheme’s administration later this year.
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The Royal Horticultural Society’s Lindley Library, Chetham’s Library in Manchester and the Joseph Wright of Derby Collection at Derby Museum and Art Gallery have been awarded Designated status by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). There are now 135 collections in the scheme, which will be taken over by Arts Council England following the abolition of the MLA.
The Textile Conservation Centre has opened a Centre for Textile Conservation and Technical Art History at the University of Glasgow. The organisation’s previous centre, at the University of Southampton, closed in October 2009.
The Trustees of the British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) have dropped plans to develop a new museum in Swindon, Wiltshire. The BPMA got a Heritage Lottery Fund stage one pass for the project early last year but has changed its plans because of “significant changes to funding expectations particularly from corporate supporters”. A statement from the BPMA said it retained its commitment to securing an accessible future home.