Collections Development Policy

Reviewed and updated August 2023 

Approved by Steve Lloyd, Head of Cultural Services, 24 October 2023 

This document will be reviewed and updated in 2026 in line with the Archives Service Accreditation programme.

  1. Purpose of Policy
  2. Scope of existing archive collections
  3. Exceptions
  1. Appraisal/Acquisition of archives
  2. Developing the archive collections
  3. Disposal of archives

4. Appraisal/Acquisition of archives

4.1 When archives are offered to Lancashire Archives, a professionally qualified archivist assesses their significance, with reference to this policy and our Appraisal Guidelines, as well as considering the impact of the potential acquisition on the service in terms of care and conservation, in order to decide what should be accepted.

4.2 Lancashire Archives, on behalf of Lancashire County Council, uses the Terms of agreement for the deposit of archive material and the Agreement for a gift of archive material to assert its responsibility for the archives it acquires.

4.3 Individual items or collections accepted by Lancashire Archives on behalf of Lancashire County Council are recorded and documented in accordance with our Collections Information Policy.

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