Job descriptions for anyone who may need to consult or add to object information on any basis should be sub- mitted. Job descriptions may include administrative, curatorial, development, membership, security, volunteer, education and even, in some cases, museum store personnel. Stipulations imposed by donors. Procedural Policy statements. Policies beget activities and activities beget tasks.
Tasks use, create, and relay data.
In-house documents that describe museum policy regarding the legal acquisition or transfer of objects by gift, bequest, transfer, purchase or auction. Reports, forms, files, documentation. Many museums develop checklists to document their routine procedures, including steps to be taken when an object is to be con- sidered for loan and when it has been approved for loan. Whereas only the most elaborate of automated systems actually include data from many of these sources, the systems analysis must point to the existence of these data stores and show their function within the museum's procedures. Some museums keep citation files, documenting each known published reference to, or reproduction of a museum object.