I served as chair of the Autry's technology committee last year. We recruited representatives from every dept. and used a benchmarking process to assess our current status. We developed a technology plan and budget with three years goals and objectives. We're looking at bringing in an outside consultant this year however, because we found that trying to assess your own technology usage is sort of like trying to operate on yourself. We felt we needed an objective 3rd party to more adequately analyze our structure, workflow, etc. I'd be happy to talk with you further and even share a copy of our tech plan with you. Regards,
George "Jake" Crossland Network Administrator Autry National Center 4700 Western Heritage Way Los Angeles, CA 90027 323-667-2000 ext. 247 >>> rdavid...@museumca.org 01/13/05 02:59PM >>> Hello Museum Colleagues: The Oakland Museum of California is a mid size museum that specializes in the Art, History and Natural Science of California. We are looking to develop a museum wide technology plan, to standardize some of our processes and become more efficient with our data and use of technology. I am looking for other museums that might be somewhat similar in size to ours that have worked on developing a technology plan and/or has a model that is successful in meeting the museums' needs. A point person to dialog with would be helpful as well as any other information. Thank you! Rachel -- Rachel Davidman Oakland Museum of California Education Department Special Projects Manager 1000 Oak St. Oakland , CA 94607 510-238-3818 fax:510-238-7795 rdavid...@museumca.org --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: gcrossl...@autrynationalcenter.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
