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Documentation: a practical guideAutores: Margaret Harrison e Gordon McKennaEdição: Collections Trust, 2008, UKDescrição Física: 57 p.ISBN: 1 9000642 16 6Documentation: a practical guide is the essential first stop for anyone wishing to manage a museum collection and its documentation to a high standard. For those with no previous museum experience it presents the basics of documentation clearly and concisely, and for those with more experience it provides an easy-reference guide to good documentation.Pode ser adquirido nos seguintes endereços:www.collectionstrust.org.uk/bookshttp://shop.collectionslink.org.ukContents1. Introduction■  What is documentation?■  Why documentation matters■  The importance of standards■  A basic documentation system■  Choosing software for documentation2. Object entry■  What is Object entry?■  Why do it?■  When is it done?■  What policy decisions are needed?■  How do we do it?■  What information should be recorded?■  What happens to the completed form?■  Protecting your entry records3. Acquisition■  What is accessioning?■  Why do it?■  When is it done?■  What policy decisions are needed?■  How do we do it?■  What information should be recorded?■  What happens to the completed records?■  Protecting your accession records■  Accession numbering■  Labelling and marking4. Borrowing and lending■  Why do it?■  When is it done?■  What policy decisions are needed?■  How is it done?■  Who does it?■  What information should be recorded?■  Long-term loans■  Protecting your loans records5. Cataloguing■  What is cataloguing?■  Why do it?■  When is it done?■  What policy decisions are needed?■  How do we do it?■  Who does it?■  What information should be recorded?■  Protecting your catalogue records■  Object history files6. Location and movement control■  What is location and movement control?■  Why do it?■  When is it done?■  What policy decisions are needed?■  How is it done?■  Who does it?■  What information should be recorded?■  What happens to the completed tickets?■  Updating the catalogue record■  Identifying and describing locations■  Protecting your location records7. Object exit■  What is Object exit?■  Why do it?■  When is it done?■  What policy decisions are needed?■  How do we do it?■  Who does it?■  What information should be recorded?■  What happens to the completed forms?■  Protecting your exit records8. Managing a documentation system■  Adopt a policy on documentation■  Nominate someone to be responsible for documentation■  Write a procedural manual■  Train your workforce to use the system9. Retrospective documentation■  What is Retrospective documentation?■  What records do we need?■  Have we got a backlog?■  How do we do Retrospective documentation?■  When is an inventory a good idea?■  Carrying out an inventory■  An alternative approach10. Writing a documentation plan■  What is a documentation plan?■  Why do we need a documentation plan?■  Before you start 52■  What should be in a documentation plan?■  Format for a documentation plan■  Timescales, priorities and resources11. Support collections■  What are support collections?■  Why do we need to document support collections?■  How do we document support collections?