News items relating to Standards are listed below.
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- Sport and Cultural Services Single Improvement Tool Develops
- 19 September 2007
A national pilot is currently under way of the Single Improvement Tool for Cultural Services which has been developed in response to feedback from local authorities and the cultural sector suggesting that one tool, rather than the several currently on offer, would be the preferred option.
- Operational Area: Local Government, Standards
- Museum Accreditation and Comprehensive Performance Assessment - a guide for museums and local authorities
- 07 September 2007
A new version of the document: ‘Museum Accreditation and Comprehensive Performance Assessment – a guide for museums and local authorities,’ has recently been published.
- Operational Area: Local Government, Museums, Standards
- Second Edition of the MICHAEL-UK Collection Description Manual
- 26 June 2007
MICHAEL is a multilingual online catalogue which aims to provide quick and simple access to the digital collections of museums, libraries and archives from European countries.
- Operational Area: Archives, Collections, E-Society, Libraries, Museums, Standards
- MDA Publishes Revised SPECTRUM Standard
- 20 March 2007
MDA has announced the publication of a revised version of SPECTRUM, the UK and international industry standard for documentation.
- Operational Area: Standards
- MDA Launches Documentation Planning Resource Pack
- 08 February 2007
The aim of the free online Documentation Planning resource pack on the Collections Link website is to assist museums in writing their own documentation plans, and will be of particular use to organisations applying for Accreditation.
- Operational Area: Museums, Standards
- Museum Accreditation Scheme Included in the Culture Service Assessment of Audit Commission’s CPA
- 04 August 2006
The Audit Commission has confirmed that the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council’s (MLA) Museum Accreditation Scheme will form the basis of a Performance Indicator within Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA).
- Operational Area: Museums, Standards
