Smithsonian Institution Online Survey of Collections Assessment Tools

[StephGaub]

Here's a great way to help the Smithsonian with developing a collections assessment tool. I took the survey and found it to be very enlightening! The survey ends on October 6, 2008 so act now!!!

The Smithsonian Institution is currently planning to develop a collections assessment tool - a "collections scorecard" per se - to measure and report performance in the area of collections stewardship, inform our strategic planning, and to leverage support for collections. Our challenge is to develop performance metrics based on levels of best practice that are relevant and meaningful across museums and collecting units of different disciplines, scales, and organizational structures.



As part of a larger environmental scan, we are conducting a survey in order to identify and document the variety of collections assessment and survey tools used by museums, archives, and libraries world-wide to measure collections stewardship. Through this survey, we also wish to solicit input regarding professional interest in developing and implementing collections assessment tools which might be applicable and beneficial to the entire field.



We invite and encourage you to participate in this survey which is now available at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?s...tMrUaxjA_3d_3d