Community Design Workshop Notes - Object Exit

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Last updated: Mar 12, 2009Version comment
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Deaccession

  1. Research. Similar process for accessioning, although rather than sources for objects, are considering destinations/sinks.
    1. Identify candidates for deaccessioning.
    2. May be a forced deaccession. May involve a due diligence
    3. Check with donor and other gift paperwork
  2. Present for decision
    1. Process may be variant depending upon value or visibility of object
    2. Again, need visibility into process.
    3. Notification steps: to donor, to individuals/boards within museum. These feed back into process.
  3. Deaccession
    1. Mark as deaccessioned.
    2. Document process
  4. If do not deaccession, need to document why and mark as ineligible (under current constraints).