The Ukraine Adopts the SPECTRUM Standard
Collections Trust (CT) has successfully concluded negotiations with the Ukrainian Center for Museum Development and both organisations have signed an agreement for the translation and localisation of SPECTRUM.
The adoption of SPECTRUM will help Ukrainian museums manage their knowledge and information more effectively, as well as supporting greater mobility of collections between the Ukraine and the UK.
Vladyslav Pioro, Chief of Information and Analysis Department, Ukrainian Center for Museum Development commented:
“There is an ongoing process of revision of the regulatory system in the field of museum work in Ukraine being undertaken by a working group of the Ministry for Culture and Tourism. New editions of standard documents, in particular in the areas of conservation, accountability and the use of museum valuables are being developed. SPECTRUM, which has been adopted as a standard for museum work in many European countries, is a key input to this process. It will be translated into Ukrainian and given a broad presentation in the professional environment here. The Center thanks the Collection Trust for the readiness for cooperation“
The Ukrainian agreement follows on from a similar one a few years ago with Flanders (Belgium) and the Netherlands to produce two Dutch language versions. Nick Poole has written recently visited the Netherlands to brief museum directors on developments in the UK.
SPECTRUM is an open standard, maintained and developed as part of our mission to promote best practice in the heritage sector. CT has over 6 thousand free non-commercial licences in over 100 countries with individuals and organisations (both large and small). Commercial use of SPECTRUM is only open to SPECTRUM Partners.
Collections Trust welcomes the translation and localisation of SPECTRUM by anyone. The first stage of this does not need to be a formal agreement with us. You can translate and localise parts of SPECTRUM or a relevant factsheet (see: http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/manage_information).
To download the UK version of SPECTRUM, and agree to the non-commercial licence, go to:
