SAGE is an acronym for "Standards And Guidelines: an E-directory", and is an online directory to standards and guidelines of relevance to the Australian collections sector.
SAGE was first released in 2008. It is a continuously developing resource.
To search SAGE:
- Enter your search term in the title, author, synopsis or keyword fields. A search by keyword will search all fields, OR
- Select a broad topic which will generate a list of narrow topics, with which you can finetune your search, OR
- Browse the full list of topics using the tag terms on the left hand side.
Use as many or as few fields as appropriate. If no results are returned, broaden your search by using fewer fields or keywords.
Key to SAGE icons
This icon denotes resources considered relevant to organisations across the collections sector, even where developed for one or more domain.

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These icons identify whether compliance with resource is mandatory or voluntary.
These icons identify the country of origin of the resource (eg International, Australia, Europe, UK or USA).
The Creation of SAGE
Click HERE to learn about the origins and development of SAGE.
The Future of SAGE
The Collections Council of Australia is pleased to advise that the Powerhouse Museum has agreed to receive from the Council a copy of the SAGE database, with the intention of continuing to develop and update this resource, and to republish it in the future. Further announcements about the future of SAGE will come from the Powerhouse Museum rather than from the Collections Council.