Collections Management Standards

Collections Management Standards for Museums

Efficient standards are a key to the smooth flow of information at your museum; CHIN’s Introduction to Standards can help. Standards enable heritage professionals to index, sort, retrieve and share important digital or paper-based collections information with ease. The main standards in use today are known as metadata, cataloguing, value and interchange; each provides a unique method of defining and managing collections information. Read this informative primer and learn more about the importance to your institution of efficient standards.