Resources:
Cost of maintaining a collection:
Gail Dexter Lord, Forward Planning and the cost of Collecting,
http://www.lord.ca/Media/Artcl_ForwardPlanningCostofCollecting-GL.pdf,
American Association of Museums
http://www.aam-us.org/
AAM Museum Online Resources Page (available to members only)
Check out the sections on collections stewardship and collections planning
http://www.aam-us.org/museumresources/ic/index.cfm
The AAM Guide to Collections Planning ~ James B. Gardner (Author, Editor),
Elizabeth E. Merritt (Editor) This is an essential book. Available from AAM or
used from Amazon.
Significance 2.0
http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/publications/significance2-0/
or
http://www.collectionsaustralia.net/sector_info_item/5
Information about random samples and statistical accuracy
http://www.custominsight.com/articles/random-sampling.asp
Texas Association of Museums, Museums Forms Book
http://www.prismnet.com/~tam/Publications/publications.html
Howard County Historical Society
http://www.howardcountymuseum.org/
HCHS Collecting Policy
http://howardcountymuseum.org/files_uploaded/22552eaaa6da1501e2a9f7c0993
0445d.pdf
Stewart E. Lauterbach, Curator
Howard County Historical Society
1200 W. Sycamore
Kokomo, IN 46901
(765) 452-4314
curator@howardcountymuseum.org