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Examples of Collecting Policies

11 January 2023

Examples of Collecting Policies

In preparing A Collecting Policy Framework for Scotland’s Archives, a number of collections across the country kindly shared their own collecting policies. A sample of these can be found below, more current ones can also be found on institutions’ websites.

ARA Code of Conduct

ICA Code of Ethics

ASLAWG Collecting Agreement

National Library of Scotland MSS Collecting Policy

Historic Environment Scotland Collections Development Policy

University of Aberdeen Collection Policy

University of Dundee Collection Policy

University of Strathclyde Collection Policy

Robert Gordon’s University Collection Policy

Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Collecting Policy

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