Guidance

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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.

Standard charge

The standard charge approach will help local authority planners secure developer contributions for new or enhanced cultural

Controversial material

Guidance on the Management of Controversial Material in Public Libraries has been issued by the MLA.

Strategic Commissioning Guidance

Guidance has been published to help cultural and sporting services engage better with the concept of strategic commissioning.

Responsibilities transfer

From 1st October 2011, this site will not be updated, so please treat it as the static archive it is. This is because <a target="_Blank" href="http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/">Arts Council England</a> has now taken over museums and libraries responsibilities. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/">The National Archives</a> has assumed responsibility for strategic leadership of the Archives sector. Arts Council responsibilities will also now include the Renaissance programme, Museum Accreditation, and Library Development, together with cultural property services such as Export Licensing and the Acceptance in Lieu scheme. The National Archives has assumed responsibility for providing strategic leadership to the archives sector and advising government on its development. The MLA is now winding down, with a skeleton staff remaining until May 2012 to complete the management of existing Renaissance contracts, complete outstanding financial and contractual arrangements and prepare for the appointment of a liquidator. This website will remain live until 31st March so that the public still has full access to the material on it – good practice case studies, toolkits, guidance and a range of other publications. Continue reading