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Collection Development Statement (Donations)

  • Collection Definition and Objectives

The main accessible collection of Memory Museum for Historical Justice contains oral testimonies, court files, and memory objects deposited by individuals who are directly affected by the coup d’etat and\or witnessed to the period. The main collection is accompanied by the Map of Torture, illustrating the extent of torture cases that took place during and after the coup d’etat as the most prevalent human rights abuse of the period. Along with digital documents and data, Memory Museum preserves and makes accessible various analog documents such as photographs, newspapers, periodicals, etc. The Memory Museum aims to enhance its collections with analog and digital documents that provide new information or confirm the readily available information; that contribute to the integrity, comprehensiveness, and the research and evidential value of the current collection; and that envision the changing user needs and knowledge base. 

  • Statement of Purpose

The Memory Museum aims to enhance its collections with analogue and digital documents that provide new information or confirm the readily available information; that contribute to the integrity, comprehensiveness, and the research and evidential value of the current collection; and that envision the changing user needs and knowledge base. The purpose of this collection development statement is to provide a framework for future donations and donors, both individual and institutional, as well as to the Museum itself in its objective of acquiring materials in various formats by ensuring quality and relevance to the current collection. 

  • Collection Development Criteria 

Among the future donations that meet the criteria stated in the previous article, the priority will be given to:

  • Oral testimonies both in terms of acquiring existing recorded testimonies in various digital and analogue formats, printed or non-printed transcriptions and suggesting new witnesses to be recorded  
  • Court files 
  • Visual documents, i.e., (photographs, posters, banners, paintings) personal videos, documentaries, 
  • Journalistic material, i.e., newspapers, magazines, periodicals
  • Personal letters

 

We also accept: 

  • Ephemera 
  • Artworks

 

We do not accept:

  • Textbooks 
  • Unpublished academic material 
  • Materials outside the topical and  temporal scope of the collection

 

Note on obsolete media: If in line with the criteria stated above, Memory Museum agrees  to convert and made accessible material preserved on obsolete media such as VHS

The analogue documents can be digitized on site by the project archivist with the use of a portable scanner. In cases where this is not feasible, the donor can deposit the analogue material to Memory Museum for a limited time to be digitized in office. The digital donations should have commonly used, non-proprietary formats such as PDF and should be transferred by a portable disk or another secure transfer system. In both cases, the appraisal process will collaboratively be carried out by project coordinators, legal counsellors, archives manager and IT specialist. The donor has the responsibility of providing necessary information to the Museum on the degree of sensitive data contained in the documents as well as the basic data such as temporal and spatial scope.

  • License Agreements 

All acquired material is subject to license agreement signed by both parties. License agreements are prepared on the basis of user needs. Thus, it is important the reduce the access restrictions as much as possible. In the event that the material contains high level of sensitive information and should not be accessible to the public, Memory Museum might agree to only preserve the material until it is publishable, depending on its research and evidential value. Otherwise, the Museum does not acquire documents where the restrictions on use would seriously impede research or be impossible to enforce. Along with general restrictions, the donor has the right to demand specific access restrictions on their donations. 

  • Collection Definition and Objectives

The main accessible collection of Memory Museum for Historical Justice contains oral testimonies, court files, and memory objects deposited by individuals who are directly affected by the coup d’etat and\or witnessed to the period. The main collection is accompanied by the Map of Torture, illustrating the extent of torture cases that took place during and after the coup d’etat as the most prevalent human rights abuse of the period. Along with digital documents and data, Memory Museum preserves and makes accessible various analog documents such as photographs, newspapers, periodicals, etc. The Memory Museum aims to enhance its collections with analog and digital documents that provide new information or confirm the readily available information; that contribute to the integrity, comprehensiveness, and the research and evidential value of the current collection; and that envision the changing user needs and knowledge base. 

  • Statement of Purpose

The Memory Museum aims to enhance its collections with analogue and digital documents that provide new information or confirm the readily available information; that contribute to the integrity, comprehensiveness, and the research and evidential value of the current collection; and that envision the changing user needs and knowledge base. The purpose of this collection development statement is to provide a framework for future donations and donors, both individual and institutional, as well as to the Museum itself in its objective of acquiring materials in various formats by ensuring quality and relevance to the current collection. 

  • Collection Development Criteria 

Among the future donations that meet the criteria stated in the previous article, the priority will be given to:

  • Oral testimonies both in terms of acquiring existing recorded testimonies in various digital and analogue formats, printed or non-printed transcriptions and suggesting new witnesses to be recorded  
  • Court files 
  • Visual documents, i.e., (photographs, posters, banners, paintings) personal videos, documentaries, 
  • Journalistic material, i.e., newspapers, magazines, periodicals
  • Personal letters

 

We also accept: 

  • Ephemera 
  • Artworks

 

We do not accept:

  • Textbooks 
  • Unpublished academic material 
  • Materials outside the topical and  temporal scope of the collection

 

Note on obsolete media: If in line with the criteria stated above, Memory Museum agrees  to convert and made accessible material preserved on obsolete media such as VHS

The analogue documents can be digitized on site by the project archivist with the use of a portable scanner. In cases where this is not feasible, the donor can deposit the analogue material to Memory Museum for a limited time to be digitized in office. The digital donations should have commonly used, non-proprietary formats such as PDF and should be transferred by a portable disk or another secure transfer system. In both cases, the appraisal process will collaboratively be carried out by project coordinators, legal counsellors, archives manager and IT specialist. The donor has the responsibility of providing necessary information to the Museum on the degree of sensitive data contained in the documents as well as the basic data such as temporal and spatial scope.

  • License Agreements 

All acquired material is subject to license agreement signed by both parties. License agreements are prepared on the basis of user needs. Thus, it is important the reduce the access restrictions as much as possible. In the event that the material contains high level of sensitive information and should not be accessible to the public, Memory Museum might agree to only preserve the material until it is publishable, depending on its research and evidential value. Otherwise, the Museum does not acquire documents where the restrictions on use would seriously impede research or be impossible to enforce. Along with general restrictions, the donor has the right to demand specific access restrictions on their donations.