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|(background:#fdf1e4;)If you are collecting finds
|Collect finds
|Follow agreed selection strategy.
Consult with appropriate personnel before altering finds selection process.
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|Establish protective measures
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|Employ accepted standards
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|Document finds
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|Record metal finds
|X-radiograph
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|Conserve finds
|Use a trained conservator
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|Pack and store
|Treat human remains sensitively and store securely
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)If you are collecting scientific samples on site
|Document sample collection process
|Use systems to identify samples and record how they were taken
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|Establish where samples will finally be deposited
|Communicate with archive repository and any relevant laboratories
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|Collect finds from samples
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)If you are creating new documents, drawings or photographs
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)If you are a specialist creating new documents, drawings or photographs
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|Facilitate availability of local reference collections etc. NB address this at planning stage
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|Monitor specialist
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)If finds are being sent out to external specialists or conservators
|Make sure conservators and specialists are properly qualified
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|Pack and transport finds.
|Pack finds to minimise the risks of damage. Label clearly to avoid loss. Employ reliable couriers.
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|Ensure specialists will exercise due care towards finds
|Exchange information about working practices and storage
|Finds manager Specialist
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)If you have created a reference collection / type series during finds analysis
|Document and order
|Submit for inclusion in the archive
|Specialist Finds manager
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)If you are a specialist or conservator returning finds after analysis
|Pack and transport finds
|Pack finds to minimise the risks of damage. Label clearly to avoid loss. Employ reliable couriers.
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)If you are creating born digital material
|Ensure existing standards are maintained
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)If text is created
|Write text
|Identify and preserve drafts to be archived
|Author Archive manager
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)If drawings and photographs are created
|Ensure they are ordered for archiving
|Submit originals with archive
|Authors
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)If digital material is created
|Ensure existing standards are maintained
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)If you are preparing written documents
|Follow the archive deposition standards of the relevant repository
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|Sort and classify different elements of the written archive
|Compile indexes and contents lists
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|Pack
|Use appropriate materials to bundle and identify documents
|Archive manager
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|Store documents in appropriate boxes
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|Include copies of standards, conventions etc. used in creating records
|Project manager Specialists Archive manager
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)If you are preparing drawings
|Follow the archive deposition standards of the relevant repository
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|Sort and classify different types of drawings
|Compile indexes and contents lists
|Illustrator Archive manager
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|Ensure drawings are properly marked
|Illustrator Archive manager
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|Pack
|Pack flat in acid-free card folders
|Illustrator Archive manager
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)If you are preparing photographs
|Follow the archive deposition standards of the relevant repository
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|Sort and classify by type
|Compile indexes and lists
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|Ensure photographs are properly marked
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|Pack
|Negatives in polyester packets or hangers
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|Prints in polyester sleeves
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|Transparencies in polyester packets or hangers
|Archive manager
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)If you are preparing finds
|Follow the archive deposition standards of the relevant repository
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|Sort and pack according to type and sensitivity
|Avoid packing inappropriate material or object types together
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|Pack sensitive finds separately and securely
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|Use boxes of the correct size and materials
|Finds manager Archive manager
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|Label properly
|Finds manager Archive manager
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|Organic finds
|Make sure they are dried out before packing
|Finds manager Conservator
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)If you are preparing human remains
|Follow the archive deposition standards of the relevant repository
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|Follow national standards
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|Pack
|Pack individual remains in separate containers
|Finds manager Archive manager
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|Follow the archive deposition standards of the relevant repository
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|Sort and classify by type
|Compile indexes and lists
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|Pack
|Use appropriate materials
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|Box samples separately from other finds
|Finds manager Archive manager
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)If you are preparing digital material
|Follow the archive deposition standards of the relevant repository
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|Sort and classify
|Compile index
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|Use a comprehensible directory structure
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|Mark media and store appropriately
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|Include copies of standards, conventions etc. used in creating records
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)All elements of the archaeological archive
|Provision of access
|Maintain accession and location registers
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|Store logically and keep boxes together
|Archive curator
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)Written material
|Storage
|In darkness
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|13º to 19ºC
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|Relative humidity 45% to 60%
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)Drawings
|Storage
|Store flat, in darkness
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|5º to 10ºC
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|45% to 60% RH
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)Photographs
|Storage: prints
|In darkness
13º to 19ºC
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|40% to 60% RH
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|Black and white negatives
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15º to 19ºC
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|30% to 40% RH
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|Transparencies and colour negatives
|In darkness
5º to 10ºC
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|30% to 40% RH
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)Objects
|Storage
|In darkness
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|Bulk finds
|Maintain constant temperature and RH
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|Metals
|15º to 24ºC
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|Below 15% RH
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|Organic finds
|18º to 22ºC
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|45% to 55% RH
|Archive curator
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)Human remains
|Storage
|Must be in secure storage accessed only by authorised staff
|Archive curator
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|Access and care
|Repositories should have a strategy for the care of human remains
|Archive curator
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)Scientific samples
|Access
|Ensure there is access to appropriate equipment to examine samples
|Archive curator
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|(background:#fdf1e4;)Digital archive
|Access
|Ensure a copy of the digital archive is stored with another recognised facility
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|Storage
|In appropriate facilities, with backed up versions in a separate location
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|Management
|Ensure regular backing up
|Archive curator
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