The policy for agreeing acquisitions is as follows. All potential acquisitions of items that fall within the remit of this policy must be referred to the Head of Heritage and Information Governance for approval. Where appropriate, authority to acquire collections items with be delegated by the Head of Heritage and Information Governance to the Curator and Archivist. Where potential acquisitions have significant financial or collections care implications that cannot be met within the resources delegated to Heritage and Information Governance the Head will ask the Secretary of the Heriot-Watt University’s Museum and Archive Collections Development Policy
University and Collections Committee to seek approval from the University Executive and Finance Committee for the acquisition.