Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 223 - Historical Division
Chapter 13 - Collections Policies
Rule 223-13.2 - Definitions

The definitions listed in Iowa Code section 17A.2 and rules 223-1.2 (303) and 22.2(303) shall apply for terms as they are used throughout this chapter In addition, the following definitions apply:

"Accession " means the act of recording or processing an addition to the collections of the society.

"Acquisition " means the act of obtaining legal title to an object or document.

"Artifact" means a man-made object.

"Collection " means an orderly assemblage of man-made or natural objects.

"Deaccession " means the act of removing an object from the collections permanently.

"Loan " means the act of temporarily transferring custody of an object.

"Specimen " means a natural object.