Current projects and programs

Projects

The Collections Council of Australia Ltd is aware that many organisations contribute positively to the sector. We aim to complement (not duplicate) their activities by undertaking work that fits within our own terms of reference and company objectives.

In our work we find it useful to differentiate between ongoing 'programs' and non-ongoing 'projects'. Click HERE to read the latest summary listing, or follow the links below to read more detail about selected current projects.

Blue Shield Australia

The Blue Shield is the cultural equivalent of the Red Cross. It is the symbol specified in the 1954 Hague Convention for marking cultural sites to give them protection from attack in the event of armed conflict. It is also the name of an international committee set up in 1996 to work to protect the world's cultural heritage threatened by wars and natural disasters. more...

'Collecting Institutions Law' Publication

The Collections Council of Australia is assisting Mr Shane Simpson with a publication with the working title ‘Collecting Institutions Law’. more...

Digital Heritage Collections

The Collections Council is active with respect to several projects relating to digital heritage collections. more...

National Standards Project

The National Standards for Museums and Galleries Taskforce is working towards a national set of standards and guidelines. more...

National Survey of Collections and Facilities

The Collections Council is preparing to survey the status of all public collections and collection storage, treatment and display locations, in all sorts of organisations, in Australia. This will be Australia's first nation-wide survey of public collections and collections infrastructure. more...

Round Table for peak bodies in the collections sector

The Collections Council is convening a Round Table meeting in May 2008 for peak bodies (mostly NGOs) in the Australian collections sector. more...

Significance second edition

The Collections Council of Australia intends to produce a second edition of the Significance publication. We aim to broaden the scope of the first edition by including all four major collecting domains i.e. archives and libraries in addition to museums and galleries. We will also update the publication to take account of new developments and resources since 2001. more...

Showcase of Collaborative Projects

This project aims to create a 'library' of case studies of collaboratively-developed projects in the Australian collections sector. more...

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