Spectrum 5.0 Appendix - Information requirements : The UK museum collections management standard /Collections Trust

"Spectrum gives tried-and-tested advice on the things museums do when managing their collections. Some of these are daily activities, such as moving objects around. Others are occasional, like updating insurance cover. Spectrum calls these activities procedures and there are 21 of them. As you follow the text version of a suggested procedure in the main volume of Spectrum 5.0 you will notice that the bits of information you might need to record are listed (eg Object name, Entry number, Brief description). Spectrum calls these concepts units of information and lists them in information groups (eg Object identification information). This appendix to Spectrum 5.0 lists each of the units of information in alphabetical order and gives guidance on how to record each. It also lists them in their information groups. Finally, the appendix sets out the changes to the units and groups in Spectrum 5.0."--Provided by the publisher.