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PART A. STRUCTURES AND GOVERNANCE
1. Types of institutional structures
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2. Governance
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PART B. COLLECTIONS
3. Collection management
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4. Acquisition of collection items
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5. Deaccessioning of material from the collection
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6. Disposal
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7. Digitisation of collections
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8. Import and export of cultural heritage material
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9. Repatriation of cultural material
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10. Protection of collections during times of armed conflict
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PART C. EXHIBITIONS
11. Exhibition Development
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12. Loans For Exhibition
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13. Loan Agreements
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14. Touring of Exhibitions
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15. Permissions and Acknowledgements
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16. Exhibition-related consultants
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17. Couriers
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18. Customs
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19. Quarantine
20. Police (importing/touring weapons, armour etc)
21. Public programs
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22. Restrictions on Freedom of Expression
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PART D. REPRODUCTION
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24. Reproduction of useful things
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25. Trademark and protection of name and reputation
PART E: LEVERAGING THE COLLECTION, THE EXPERTISE AND THE BRAND
26. Merchandising
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27. Sponsorship
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28. Philanthropy
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29. Consultancies
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PART F. PEOPLE
30. Duty of care: General Principles
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32. Duty of Care to the Public
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33. Duty of Care to staff (Occupational Health & Safety)
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35. Contracting employees & consultants
36. Ethics, conduct & conflicts of interest
PART G. INSURANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION
37. Insurance and indemnification
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PART H. LEGISLATIVE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY
38. International Treaties relating to cultural property
39. Statutory control and protection of cultural property within Australia
Glossary of Terms
Bibliography
Useful contact points
Index
