The Southeastern Registrars Association (SERA) is excited to announce the official launch of the Collections Continuity Planning (CCP) Template.

The Collections Continuity Planning Template provides the framework for a museum core document that captures essential information for the benefit of new or future staff of collections and collections spaces, ensuring consistency and retention of institutional knowledge. Previous repair or environmental issues in buildings or exhibit spaces, a history of old accession numbering formats, frequently used paint colors and finishes, and current sources for services and supplies, are but a few of the helpful records that can be included in this document. This information, which seldom appears in other core documents, is critical to the ongoing care of the collection and unique to each museum.

The concept for the CCP Template resulted from a roundtable discussion with collections professionals at the 2023 annual meeting of the Southeastern Museums Conference. SERA then formed a working group and continued compiling and finalizing the elements of the CCP Template, which is now available to all, free of charge.

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Collections Continuity Planning Template