Managing previously unmanaged collections can be challenging The process of securing the collection & making it accessible needs the mindset of a collections manager as well as the one of a project manager The book is a step-by-step guide how to approach this situation assuming that there's nothing to start with but a collection that has to be accessioned & the person who is assigned to do it It is about how to bring order into the chaos to define what is needed in terms of time money staff & material to spot facility issues & potential dangers & to use the power of networking to solve an otherwise unsolvable task