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Collections Review at
RCS England
Dorothy FouracreCollections Review Assistant
The project aims to assess
the:
-Care
-Condition
-Management
-Usage
-Significance
of all the College’s library,
archive and museum
collections
Obstacles?
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Such varying collections have different:
-Storage needs
-Research uses
-Display potential
-Documentation procedures
Aspects of assessment
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Usage:
-Audience appeal
-Education/training
-Enquiry/research
-Significance
-Current access for users
Collection management:
-Security
-Emergency planning
-Display/storage area
-Environmental control
-Display/storage practice
-Condition
-Ownership
-Documentation/catalogue
Recording collected data
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REVIEWING SIGNIFICANCE RCS - COLLECTIONS REVIEW DATASHEET
Room: Front Book Store
Location within room Review Unit ref Notes
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Bay 215 Shelf G 70
4 4 3 1 4 2 4 3 4 3 4 1 4
Sbornik praci cekoslovenske spolecnosti ortopedicke 1926/7;
Slovansky sbornik ortopedicky 1928-1939; Schweizerische
Bay 216 Shelf A 3
4 4 3 2 2 2 4 3 4 4 4 1 4
Journal of the Indian Dental Association 1973-1975 - location
incorrect on catalogue, no information on this title, l inked
Bay 216 Shelf B 10
4 4 3 3 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 1 4
Revista brasileira de anestesiologia 1952-1978
Bay 216 Shelf C 20
4 4 3 2 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 1 4
Revista chilena anestesia 1956-1963; Revue belge de medecine
dentaire 1958-1972
Bay 216 Shelf D 47
4 4 3 2 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 1 4
Revue belge de medecine dentaire 1973-1984; Revue belge de
stomatologie 1956/7; Revue d'odonto-stomatologie 1949
Bay 216 Shelf E 44
4 4 3 2 2 2 4 3 4 3 3 1 4
South African dental journal 1945-1950; Yearbook of orthopedics
and traumatic surgery 19401-948
Bay 216 Shelf F 21
4 4 3 3 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 1 4
Yearbook of orthopedics and traumatic surgery 1949-1972
Bay 216 Shelf G 9
4 4 3 4 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 1 4
Yearbook of orthopedics and traumatic surgery/Yearbook of
orthopedics 1973-1982
Bay 217 Shelf A 28
4 4 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 3 1 4
Surgery today 1980-1985; Surgery annual 1977-1985; Surgery
1937/8
Bay 217 Shelf B 7
4 4 3 2 1 2 4 3 4 4 3 1 2
Surgery 1983-1994; Surgical endoscopy 1995-1999
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Task
• Get into groups
• Try to assess the unit you’ve been given using the collection management grid
• Fill in your scores
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Assessing usage
• How can you define potential usage?
• Any way more systematically than a ‘hunch’?
• Based on past usage?
• But how do you measure this
• Barriers to past usage – not being catalogued
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