Collections Law & Ethics : Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums

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Sydney : Federation Press, 2025. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 448. New copy. Collections Law Ethics addresses the key legal and ethical issues that arise in public museums, galleries, libraries and archives in Australia and New Zealand. How a collection meets these issues affects the reputation of both the organisation and everyone associated with it. The authors, Shane Simpson and Ian McDonald, both pre-eminent cultural property lawyers, have decades of experience advising collecting and other cultural organisations throughout Australia and New Zealand and this book distils that expertise into a comprehensive, practical text. They discuss all the main legal and ethical issues that commonly arise in public collections. Topics include: key areas of law, including contract, copyright, bailment, limits to freedom of speech; ethical issues and frameworks, including in relation to First Nations peoples and materials; core collection activities such as acquisitions, loans, touring, deaccessioning and disposal of collection material, with specific chapters also on import and export, repatriation and restitution of cultural material; legal and ethical issues arising from technological advances, including NFTs and AI, and how to handle “new media” collection materials such as digital and AV works; merchandising, sponsorships, philanthropy and consultancies; and the duties to visitors, volunteers, and the responsibilities of staff and board. Written in plain English, Collections L

• Binding: Hardcover

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