The purpose of this guide is to support people who own or look after archive material. It will help you to assess and plan for the care and development of your archive collection. It applies to all sizes of collection from a small storage cupboard to the contents of a large storeroom.
The prospect of organising and developing your archive can be daunting. If the process is divided into simple tasks, the process becomes much easier to manage. ‘It is often easier to recognise that action is needed than to know where to start.’1 With this in mind, the guide includes practical steps, which can easily be taken to protect archival collections.