SE4
Provide appropriate environments and systems for physical collections and repositories
Area E – Managing content and collections Standard E4:
rovide appropriate environments and systems for physical P collections and repositories   What this standard is about This standard is about designing, managing and maintaining spaces that are environmentally appropriate for the material in physical collections and provide appropriate facilities for customers and staff.   The
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Performance criteria
Knowledge and understanding
Information and Library Services, Archive Services and Record Management staff:
Information and Library Services, Archive Services and Record Management staff know and understand:
1 Design and maintain storage facilities appropriate to the material (printed material, artifacts, images, etc) held within the collection and, to the greatest extent possible, accessible for staff with physical or sensory impairments.
KU1 The environmental requirements for different types of material and collections.
2 Ensure that access to the collections is appropriate to the level and type of use, and the amount of control required. 3 Design and maintain customer space that encourages and facilitates effective use of the collection and allows for interaction between customers, and between customers and staff, allowing for the access requirements of disabled people (either as staff or customers). 4 Design a helpful and logical arrangement for the collections, taking account of the physical media of the collections.
KU2 The principles of designing environments and facilities for the materials for which you are responsible. KU3 How the collection is used and the facilities that will support these uses. KU4 The long term policies for the collection and its content. KU5 The requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act, other relevant legislation and the implications for the design of physical environments. KU6 Good practice and trends in the design of physical environments for specific collections.
National Occupational Standards for Information and Library Services, Archives Services and Record Management
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