§4 Collections Policy
- Objective
Article II of the Constitution of the Little Nine Partners Historical Society states the purposes of the Society and includes the following provisions:
- The discovery and preservation of whatever may relate to the history of the Town of Pine Plains.
- The collection, preservation and publication of historical documents and data relating to said history.
- The collection and preservation of articles of historical interest connected with or pertaining to the Town of Pine Plains and the exhibition of the same.
- Definitions
- Acquisition - the discovery, preliminary evaluation, negotiation for, taking custody of, documenting receipt of and acknowledging receipt of materials and objects.
- Collection item - an object that has been or will be accessioned into the collection.
- Accessioning - the formal process used to accept and record an object as a collection item.
- Deaccessioning - the formal process used to remove permanently an object from the collection.
- Acquisition
- Method
Objects may be added to the collection by means of gifts, bequests, purchases, exchanges or any other transaction by which title to the objects passes to the Society.
- Criteria
- The object should be consistent with collection goals of the Society.
- Proper care can be given to the object.
- The object is not encumbered with conditions imposed by the donor regarding use or future disposition. As a rule only unrestricted objects Should be acceped.
- Consideratlon should be given to whether acceptance of the object will result in future expenses for the Society
- The Society can not give monetary value appraisals.
- Accessioning procedures and records needed
- Add item to Society's Collections Inventory (see form A)
- Acknowledge gift (see forms B & C)
- File insurance records, if any
- Make record of removal for loan, exhibits, etc.
(The Collections Committee is responsible for accessioning items and maintaining necessary records.)
- Access to the Collection
- Non-circulating materials shelved in the Pine Plains free Library
Any Board member may borrow materials belonging to the Society in accordance with the Library's borrowing regulations.
- Other materials
Any Board member may borrow materials belonging to the Society with approval of the Collections Committee.
- Care of the collection
- All members have responsibility to preserve and protect collection objects.
- Provision must be made for protection against fire, theft, vandalism and natural disaster, in accordance with advice from insurance company representatives and other professionals.
- The Collections Committee shall be responsible for conservation of collection items.
- A written record is required if an article is removed.
- Deaccessioning
- Criteria - (for removal an item must meet at least one of the following)
The material or object
- is outside the scope of the charter purpose of the Society and its acquisition policy
- is irrelevant to the purposes of the Society
- lacks physical integrity
- has failed to retain its identity or authenticity
- has been lost or stolen and remains lost for longer than two years
- is a duplicate
- has deteriorated beyond usefulness
- has doubtful potential utilization in the foreseeable future
- the Society is unable to preserve it properly
- Application of criteria
The curator shall recommend items to be deaccessioned to the Collections Committee for their approval. The Board shall be informed.
- Restrictions
Before disposing of any article reasonable effort shall be made to ascertain that the Society is legally free to do so.
- Collections Committee
The Collections Committee shall consist of five members appointed by the president for a term of three years.
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