National Occupational Standards in
Archaeological Practice
AG1 Develop strategies for the maintenance and use of an archaeological collection
AG1.3 Develop a loan policy
Performance Required
This will involve:
- Reviewing the loan policy of the organisation regularly and determining general criteria for lending and borrowing items
- Identifying the lending and borrowing activities of associated organisations
- Assessing fully the effect on the organisation /strong> of lending and borrowing items
- Identifying clearly the resource requirements for implementing the loan policy
- Specifying clearly the categories of borrower and the purposes of loans to be considered
- Ensuring the loan policy covers incoming loans and outgoing loans
- Establishing clear standards of care for items loaned to borrowing organisations
- Establishing procedures for monitoring and reviewing the loan policy
Occupational Context
- Policy
- national organisations
- international organisations
- private individuals
- Effect on the organisation
- staff
- time
- funds
- interruption of research
- denuding of displays
- Resource requirements
- staffing
- insurance (in transit / on loan)
- Standards of care
- display conditions
- storage conditions
- environmental controls
- how the objects should be handled
- how the objects should be transported
Knowledge Requirements
You need to know and understand how to:
- Evaluate the effectiveness of policies and procedures
- Ensure that the policy can work in practice
- Generate standards of care for items
You need to know about:
- The loan policy of the organisation
- National guidelines on the selection, retention and dispersal of collections
- What other organisations are doing in relation to lending and borrowing
- The effect that lending or borrowing has on the organisation
- The resources that are used for lending and borrowing
- The different procedures for loans that are for research rather than display purposes
- Why a loan policy is important
Required Skills
You should demonstrate:
- How to prepare borrowing and lending procedures
- How to specify standards of care for items
Evidence Required
You should provide evidence that you can develop a loan policy
The candidate should be questioned, based upon the documentation provided, to explore how they:
- develop a loan policy that covers both incoming and outgoing loans.
You will develop a new or an existing policy covering relationships with national and international organisations as well as private individuals.
The loan policy should also establish priorities that will assist where conflicting requests are received.
Evidence Rules
The candidate must have been involved in developing a loan policy on at least one occasion.
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