Hi all. I know there are lots of hooks around what qualifies as "cataloguing", what a "record" is versus an "object" and even how to measure the size of a collection, but can anyone point be to some recent benchmarks/surveys/comparisons of percentage of collections databased (jeebus I hate that word). Asking for a friend. Well, actually, asking for our Assurance and Risk Committee.
Museums Aotearoa include it in their annual survey http://www.museumsaotearoa.org.nz/research#SectorSurvey, but I'm looking for other institutions that are similar to Te Papa in terms of collections size (eg circa 2-3 million items) and/or similar collections scope (we have the full gamut: the national art collections, as well as, natural science, human history, archives, photography etc) Any help would be great! Cheers Adrian Kingston Digital Collections Senior Analyst Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Visit the Te Papa website http://www.tepapa.govt.nz The email message together with the accompanying attachments may be CONFIDENTIAL. If you have received this message in error, please notify http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/onlineforms/enquiryform.aspx immediately and delete the original message. The views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be views of Te Papa. Te Papa employs strict virus checking measures and accepts no liability for any loss caused either directly or indirectly by a virus arising from the use of this message or any attached file. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ______________________________________________________________________________ This email has been filtered by SMX. For more information visit http://smxemail.com ______________________________________________________________________________
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