Transforming Cinderella Collections

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Contents:

• Overview: Executive Summary and Recommendations  
• PART A: Background and Objectives  
• PART B: Policy and Management  
• PART C: Conservation  
• PART D: Actions and Recommendations  
• PART E: Directory of University Museums, Collections and Herbaria 

Overview

1. Executive Summary and Recommendations Download pdf

1.1 Executive Summary
1.2 Recommendations

2. The 1996 Cinderella Collections Report: an update Download pdf

3. The 1998 DCA/AV-CC Report (Transforming Cinderella Collections) Download pdf

3.1 Terms of Reference
3.2 Composition of the Committee
3.3 Outline of the Committee's Programs
      Aims and Methods
      Office Accommodation
      Conservation and Statistical Consultants
3.4 Acknowledgements

PART B: Policy and Management

4. Introduction Download pdf

5. University-wide policies Dowload pdf

5.1 Overview
5.2 Selected Policies
     University of Adelaide
     Edith Cowan University
     Macquarie University
     Queensland University of Technology

6. National and International Significance Download pdf

6.1 Overview
6.2 Guidelines for Determining Significance

7. Recognition by Universities of Specific Museums, Collections and Herbaria Download pdf

8. Strategic Plans: an example Download pdf

PART C: Conservation

9. Overview Download pdf

9.1 Awareness and Application of Conservation Principles
9.2 Humidity, Light and Pest Management
9.3 Storage
9.4 Disaster Preparedness
9.5 Recommended Actions

10. The Conservation Survey Download pdf

10.1 Method and Collected Comments
10.2 Questionnaire and Results
10.3 Conservation Survey Responses

11. The Conservation Assessments Download pdf

PART D: Actions and Recommendations

12. Taking Stock Download pdf

12.1 Overview
12.2 Action taken on each Cinderella Collections Recommendation
12.3 Developments at each University to December 1997

13. Continuing to implement the Cinderella Recommendations Download pdf

PART E: Directory of University Museums, Collections and Herbaria

Link to the AUMIS website for the current directory.