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The Accreditation Resource Directory on Collections Link contains a number of useful resources for increasing access, including:
Downloads
- Download and use MLA's Cultural Diversity checklist
- Disability directory for museums and galleries
MLA, 2001 - SMC Complying with the DDA (fact sheet)
Scottish Museums Council - Am I making myself clear?: MENCAP's guidelines for accessible writing
MENCAP
Online resources
- Access and Education (MLA) 2005
Based on original work by Dr Patricia Andrew for the Museums and Galleries Commission (and revised for the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council) series ‘Standards in the museum care of collections', this offers clear and simple guidelines. - Access for all self-assessment toolkit : enabling inclusion for museums, libraries and archives, MLA, 2004
- MLA Disability Experts Database
- MLA Disability portfolio, MLA 2003/4
Contains 12 booklets giving advice, information and guidance on how best to meet the needs of disabled people as users and staff in museums, archives and libraries. - Disability Discrimination Act Part III - Access to Goods and Services,
DRC 2004 - Easy access to historic properties, English Heritage (Supplier 14 - What's this?)
A comprehensive document, which includes lots of imaginative solutions for historic buildings. - Ethical guidelines 4: Access, Museums Association (Supplier 4 - What's this?)
- See it right pack
RNIB, 2000 (Supplier 16 - What's this?)
Contains 12 booklets with practical advice on planning, designing and producing accessible information. - Museums, Galleries & Heritage Sites: Improving Access for Blind and Partially Sighted People. The Talking Images Guide, RNIB, 2003 (Supplier 16 - What's this?)
£9.95. ISBN 1 85878 588 X - Welsh Language: Advice for Public Bodies; Welsh Language: Advice for Voluntary Organisations produced by the Welsh Language Board. (Supplier 23 - What's this?). Details of other Welsh Language Board documents.
- CyMAL has produced a Wales Edition of MLA's disability portfolio.
The Wales Edition has been updated to include the most recent developments in Disability Discrimination legislation, Welsh contextual information and contact details for Welsh organisations.
Publications
- Museum Basics (2nd Edition), Timothy Ambrose and Crispin Paine
Routledge, 2005 ISBN 0415366348 - £24.99
Available from The Stationery Office (Supplier 30 - What's this?)
Includes sections on: museums and disabled people, facilities for visitors, providing services,
improving facilities, information services and orientation. - Get the message: making information accessible for blind and partially sighted people
RNIB, 1999 (Supplier 16 - What's this?)
£5.00. – ISBN 1 85878 283 X - Access in Mind. Towards the Inclusive Museum
INTACT - The Intellectual Access Trust (Rayner A.), 1998
(Supplier 15 - What's this?)
£10.00. - ISBN 1 901663 18 3
Includes Means to the Message: Labels, Text Panels and Signage - Venue & location hire
AIM Focus paper (Supplier 27 - What's this?)
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