ACRL/RBMS Standards and Guidelines
ACRL Guidelines for the Security of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Other Special Collections; Originally published in C&RL News, October, 1999, this revision of these Guidelines was approved by the RBMS Security Committee and the RBMS Executive Committee at the ALA Midwinter meeting in San Antonio, January 23, 2006. [February 1, 2006]
ACRL Code of Ethics for Special Collections Librarians; supersedes ACRL Standards for Ethical Conduct for Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Libraries and Librarians, with Guidelines for Institutional Practice in Support of the Standards, 2nd edition, 1994. [Approved Final Revision published in College and Research Library News (C&RL News) 54:4, April 1993]
ACRL/SAA Joint Statement on Access to Original Research Materials. [Revised ed. published in C&RL News 54:11, Dec. 1993]
ACRL Guidelines Regarding Thefts in Libraries. Final version, approved at ALA Midwinter 2003, posted 2/26/03; published in C&RL News 64:6, June 2003, pp. 402-07. Former draft revision published in C&RL News 55:5, May 1994; Revision approved, June 1994; note: Security, Theft, and Exhibition Loan Guidelines were endorsed by the SAA Council on 30 January 1993]
ACRL Guidelines for the Interlibrary Loan of Rare and Unique Materials. Final version, approved by ACRL at ALA Annual Meeting, Orlando, 2004; published in C&RL News 65:9, October 2004, pp. 544-547. Former draft version published in C&RL News 54:5, May 1993; Approved February 1994; draft revision published in C&RL News 65:5, May 2004.
ACRL Guidelines for Borrowing and Lending Special Collections Materials for Exhibition.
ACRL Guidelines: Competencies for Special Collections Professionals. Final version, approved by ACRL at ALA Annual Meeting, Anaheim, July 1, 2008.
Note: Offprints of RBMS documents published in C&RL News are available while supplies last for $2.00. They are listed each year on the "Official ACRL Documents" page of the ACRL Guide to Policies and Procedures, and in the September issue of C&RL News. For additional information, see the complete listing of ACRL Standards and Guidelines on the ACRL Web site.