Reports and Toolkits
IPR – Museums orphan works and risk management
Museum Development Yorkshire IPR Advice Sheet 7. This advice sheet is about what you need to know about Orphan Works and risk management. It explains the new Orphan Works solutions introduced by the UK Government in 2014 and the role of risk management in a 21st century museum. The fact sheet also suggests appropriate resources that can be used by museums to search for rights holders.
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IPR – Carrying out an IPR audit
Museum Development Yorkshire IPR Advice Sheet 6. This advice sheet is about what you need to know about carrying out an intellectual property rights (IPR) audit, including what a museum needs to carry out an audit.
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Further IPR information advice accompaniment
Museum Development Yorkshire IPR Advice Sheet 5. This document has further information, including sources, to be used in conjunction with:
- Advice Sheet 1 Guidance on IPR in museum image collections
- Advice Sheet 2 Exploiting the museum’s IPR and cultural assets for financial benefit
- Advice Sheet 3 Securing IPR as part of good museum collections management and documentation
- Advice Sheet 4 Working with film and television productions at your museum
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IPR – Working with film and TV companies
Museum Development Yorkshire IPR Advice Sheet 4. This advice sheet is about the necessary arrangements for museums in working with production companies who use the museum buildings, the grounds, facilities and their collections as a location for filming and making TV programmes.
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IPR – Securing IPR as Part of Good Museum Collections Management and Documentation
Museum Development Yorkshire IPR Advice Sheet 3. This advice sheet is about ensuring that intellectual property rights (IPR) within a museum are managed and fully documented so that a museum can make full and clear use of the assets in question.
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IPR – Exploiting Cultural Assets
Museum Development Yorkshire IPR Advice Sheet 2. This advice sheet is about exploiting a museum’s assets – both physical and intangible – for financial gain.
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IPR and CA Advice Sheets Introduction
These advice sheets provide a practical introduction to and guidance in the management of IPR and cultural assets in museums and were originally developed as part of a Renaissance Yorkshire programme on the Effective Management of Intellectual Property Rights and Cultural Assets in 2010-11 in association with Naomi Korn.
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A practical guide for text interpretation 2017
Leeds Museums and Galleries’ in house style and tone guide for text interpretation, which covers both writing text and the design factors that can make the text more accessible.
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How To…build, extend and develop supporter engagement
This paper looks at different types of supporters and gives a guide as to how to develop a supporter network through building, extending, and developing engagement.
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How To…develop a legacy giving programme
A guide to developing a legacy giving programme that will equip organisations to actively encourage supporters to remember the organisation in their will.
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