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Guidance
The MLA provides a range of guidance and advice designed to encourage best practice and facilitate improvement.
This might include informal advice by telephone or email, attendance at meetings, publications, consultancy or peer review. Please contact our nationally or regionally based staff.
Securing developer contributions for new cultural provision
The standard charge approach will help local authority planners secure developer contributions for new or enhanced cultural provision through new developments in an area.
> Read more about standard chargeGuidelines for libraries on controversial material published
Guidance on the Management of Controversial Material in Public Libraries has been issued by the MLA.
> Read more about controversial stockHelping museum, libraries and archives get to grips with strategic commissioning
Guidance has been published to help cultural and sporting services engage better with the concept of strategic commissioning.
> Read more about strategic commissioning guidance