Archive Service Accreditation standard (PDF, 463 KB)
ARMA International, Guideline for evaluating off site records storage facilities
ARMA International Standards, Records Center Operations, 3rd edition
BS 4971:2017, Conservation and care of archive and library collections
BS EN 16893:2018, Conservation of Cultural Heritage: Specifications for location, construction and modification of buildings or rooms intended for the storage or use of heritage collections
BS EN 17820:2023, Conservation of Cultural Heritage: Specifications for the management of moveable cultural heritage collections
AE Bülow, Collection management using preservation risk assessment, Journal of the Institute of Conservation, Vol. 33, Issue 1, 2010
Emma Dadson, Emergency planning and response for libraries, archives and museums, 2012
Health and Safety Executive – Protecting lone workers: How to manage the risks of working alone
HM Treasury – The Orange Book, Management of risk – principles and concepts (PDF, 465 KB)
Michele F Pacifico and Thomas P Wilsted, Archival and special collections facilities: Guidelines for archivists, librarians, architects, and engineers, 2009
AC Pinheiro and MF Macedo, risk assessment: a comparative study of archive storage rooms, Journal of Cultural Heritage, Vol. 10, page 428
Risk awareness profiling tool (RAPT)
The National Archives, Identifying and specifying requirements for off site storage of physical records (PDF, 529 KB)
The National Archives, Risk Assessment Handbook (PDF, 268 KB)
R Waller, Cultural property risk analysis model: development and application to preventive conservation at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Göteborg studies in conservation, Acta Univ Gothoburgensis, 2003
John Webster ed, Where shall we put it? Spotlight on collection storage issues Papers given at the National Preservation Office annual conference (held at the British Library, 4 October 2004)