What is a Flying Collections Assistant?

The Flying Collections Assistant supports the Museum Development Officers to provide advice and training to museums across the West Midlands.

The role provides free assistance to museums working to improve standards in collections care and achieve Accreditation.

What is Making Collections Count?

Making Collections Count is part of the 2012-2015 museum development programme. You can choose from a range of collections care projects to work on with the Flying Collections Assistant. A small amount of programme support funding is available for each project.

The project will help you to:

?Raise standards in collections care?Implement recommendations for improvements

in collections care through programme support funding

?Develop plans for continuous improvement in collections care

?Work towards achieving or maintaining the Accreditation Standard

What does it involve?

The Flying Collections Assistant will spend approximately 3 days working with your museum on your chosen project.

Each project begins with a Benchmarks in Collections Care assessment. This toolkit assesses your collections care activities and helps you to prioritise simple, cost-effective improvements. The results form a useful basis for funding applications and the Care and Conservation Plan required for Accreditation.

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Please complete the following fields

Name of Museum:

Address:

Contact name:Role at museum:Email address:Telephone number:

Which project would you like to participate in?

Housekeeping and Integrated Pest ManagementCollections SustainabilityGoing for GreenDigital AccessCollections Management FrameworkEnvironmental MonitoringOther (please attach your project outline)

When would you like to start the project?

Is your museum Accredited or working towards

Accreditation?

Any other comments relevant to your project

How do we get involved?

Ten places are available between April 2013

and March 2014. If you would like to get

involved during this period please send the

information requested opposite to Becky

Harvey, Flying Collections Assistant (contact

details below).

What happens next?

You will be contacted by the Flying

Collections Assistant to discuss the project

in more detail and to arrange an

introductory visit. This initial visit will be

used to talk about your museum, collections

and aims for the project and to conduct a

Benchmarks in Collections Care assessment.

For more information or to apply to

participate in a Making Collections Count

project, please contact your MDO or Becky

Harvey, Flying Collections Assistant.

Contact details

Email: rebecca.harvey@staffordshire.gov.uk Telephone: (01889) 881388

Becky Harvey,Staffordshire Archives & Heritage, Shugborough, Milford, Stafford, Staffordshire,ST17 0XB.