Standardization of collections inventories in Africa. Handbook of Standards

2nd version. January 1995

This Handbook of Standards has been developed by a project co-ordinated by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), titled 'Standardization of Collections Inventories in Africa'. It aims at establishing common documentation standards for use by museums throughout Africa, to facilitate the development and exchange of information.

The Handbook is arranged in the following sections:

Presentation of the project
The role of inventories
General information about the data standard
Object management
Object description
History of the object
Documentation

Production

Published by International Council of Museums, 1995

A printed version of this publication is available in various languages from:
ICOM, Maison de Unesco, 1, Rue Miollis, 75732, Paris, cedex 15 France
tel.: +33 1 47340500; fax: + 33 1 43067862; e-mail: icom@unesco.org.

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author: ICOM; updated October 1995