Comments for Collections Law http://www.collectionslaw.com.au Collections law, legal issues for Australian Archives, Galleries, Libraries and Museums Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:56:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on 9. DISPOSAL by Legal Issues » 12. REPATRIATION OF CULTURAL MATERIAL http://www.collectionslaw.com.au/disposal/comment-page-1#comment-3085 Legal Issues » 12. REPATRIATION OF CULTURAL MATERIAL Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:22:26 +0000 http://www.collectionslaw.com.au/9-disposal#comment-3085 [...] See Chapter 9. [...] [...] See Chapter 9. [...]

]]> Comment on 11. IMPORT AND EXPORT OF COLLECTION MATERIAL by Legal Issues » 12. REPATRIATION OF CULTURAL MATERIAL[1] http://www.collectionslaw.com.au/import-and-export/comment-page-1#comment-4422 Legal Issues » 12. REPATRIATION OF CULTURAL MATERIAL[1] Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:15:58 +0000 http://www.collectionslaw.com.au/11-import-and-export-of-collection-material#comment-4422 [...] PMCH Act has importance for every collecting institution. As is discussed in Chapter 11, this legislation allows the government to seize material that has been stolen or illegally [...] [...] PMCH Act has importance for every collecting institution. As is discussed in Chapter 11, this legislation allows the government to seize material that has been stolen or illegally [...]

]]> Comment on 29. MERCHANDISING by Peter Quinn http://www.collectionslaw.com.au/merchandising/comment-page-1#comment-4165 Peter Quinn Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:11 +0000 http://www.collectionslaw.com.au/29-merchandising#comment-4165 Hi. I am a long time reader. I wanted to say that I like your blog and the layout. Peter Quinn Hi. I am a long time reader. I wanted to say that I like your blog and the layout.

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]]> Comment on 1. INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES by Bernard Bolch http://www.collectionslaw.com.au/institutional-structures/comment-page-1#comment-944 Bernard Bolch Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:49:20 +0000 http://www.collectionslaw.com.au/1-institutional-structures#comment-944 "... (or client place). Within farming cooperatives, a corporate collection is sometimes seen as a fitting tribute to the owners. Whatever the rationale, ..." “… (or client place). Within farming cooperatives, a corporate collection is sometimes seen as a fitting tribute to the owners. Whatever the rationale, …”

]]> Comment on 1. INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES by Bernard Bolch http://www.collectionslaw.com.au/institutional-structures/comment-page-1#comment-943 Bernard Bolch Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:46:34 +0000 http://www.collectionslaw.com.au/1-institutional-structures#comment-943 "Although it has long been a feature of American collecting (where such philanthropy is often rewarded with very attractively generous local, state and federal tax concessions), ..." I stand to be corrected, and would love to see figures to the contrary, but my impression is that it's rather more of a great white hope than any sort of "new, big, important development". It's largely wishful thinking in Australia until we provide similar inducements. “Although it has long been a feature of American collecting (where such philanthropy is often rewarded with very attractively generous local, state and federal tax concessions), …”

I stand to be corrected, and would love to see figures to the contrary, but my impression is that it’s rather more of a great white hope than any sort of “new, big, important development”. It’s largely wishful thinking in Australia until we provide similar inducements.

]]> Comment on 1. INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES by Bernard Bolch http://www.collectionslaw.com.au/institutional-structures/comment-page-1#comment-942 Bernard Bolch Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:22:52 +0000 http://www.collectionslaw.com.au/1-institutional-structures#comment-942 " ... The down-side, of course, is that the collection is equally exposed to some of the vagaries of the board's view of its own priorities from time to time." ” … The down-side, of course, is that the collection is equally exposed to some of the vagaries of the board’s view of its own priorities from time to time.”

]]> Comment on 1. INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES by Bernard Bolch http://www.collectionslaw.com.au/institutional-structures/comment-page-1#comment-941 Bernard Bolch Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:13:45 +0000 http://www.collectionslaw.com.au/1-institutional-structures#comment-941 I don't want to pre-empt anything you might be going on to say about this situation in particular, but while it's a good exposition of the problem, it doesn't exactly say in as many words what became of the [uniquely valuable] collection ("the property of the relevant government" -- in fact, surely more correctly the property of the people who elect that government). Would this collection have had to be detailed (and valued) as a component of the "corporatisation" of this agency? Who owns it now? I don’t want to pre-empt anything you might be going on to say about this situation in particular, but while it’s a good exposition of the problem, it doesn’t exactly say in as many words what became of the [uniquely valuable] collection (“the property of the relevant government” — in fact, surely more correctly the property of the people who elect that government).

Would this collection have had to be detailed (and valued) as a component of the “corporatisation” of this agency? Who owns it now?

]]> Comment on 1. INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES by Bernard Bolch http://www.collectionslaw.com.au/institutional-structures/comment-page-1#comment-940 Bernard Bolch Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:50:47 +0000 http://www.collectionslaw.com.au/1-institutional-structures#comment-940 Sorry, but to say it's "an s 86 committee" means nothing to me, and needs at least a brief elaboration. The whole sentence is already more than a little clumsy -- is its subject singular("... has formed its own board which has powers ...") or plural ("Some such as ..")? Sorry, but to say it’s “an s 86 committee” means nothing to me, and needs at least a brief elaboration. The whole sentence is already more than a little clumsy — is its subject singular(“… has formed its own board which has powers …”) or plural (“Some such as ..”)?

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