Museums Freelance and South West Museum Development have worked in partnership to write a series of four guidance documents to help museum staff work well with freelancers. The suite includes:
A set of principles for commissioning and working with freelancers
How to write an effective freelance brief
How to commission freelancers in a fair, inclusive and transparent way
Contracts, work plans and working effectively with freelancers
The OCM toolkit brings together an extensive collection of practical resources aimed at enabling collections-based organizations to make concrete contributions towards sustainable development