Geology collection policy of the Finnish Museum of Natural History

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Research Ideas and Outcomes 7: e76875
https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.7.e76875 (25 Oct 2021)

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1. Status, purpose and implementation of the Geology Collection Policy at the Finnish Museum of Natural History
- Status and implementation
- Goals of the collection policy
- Definition of a collection
- The geological collections
- Purpose and value of the geological collections
- Collection responsibilities in the Natural Sciences Unit
2. Principles of collection acquisitions
- Material to be added into the collections
- Collection strengths and responsibilities
- Quality criteria for specimens
- Ethics and legality
- National division of responsibility
3. Receipt and accessioning of specimens
- Accessioning and cataloguing
- Decision-making
- Terms attached to the receipt of specimens
4. Collection management
- Metadata
- Specimen data and the collection database
- Recording specimen-specific data
- Physical organization of the collections
5. Collection maintenance
- Collection facilities
- Current state of collections
- Maintenance routines
- Safety
- Definition and scientific evaluation of the collections
- Digitisation strategy
6. Accessibility and use of the collections
- Accessibility and access rights
- Openness of data
- Specimen loans
7. Deaccessioning
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