There is a survey on European heritage institutions, ENUMERATE, which last reported for 2015:
- The estimated average yearly budget for digital collections is €276,471 here more http://pro.europeana.eu/enumerate/statistics/results best Trilce On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 8:24 PM, Bruce Wyman <bwy...@teufelkind.net> wrote: > I’ll second Nik and Douglas here and add a bit more nuance in having done > a bunch of strategic reviews for museum of different sizes. > > A single snapshot can mischaracterize things, so ideally you look at a few > factors: > > - tech operating budget over the last few years (and projected 1-2 years > ahead) > - tech capital budget over the last few years ((and projected 1-2 years > ahead) > > For operating budgets, the range seems to be 3-8%, with a sweet spot > around 5%. > > Then it becomes important to look at the trends. If it’s been at the > low-end for at least a few years for a *reasonably* healthy organization > then I start to poke much harder at the existing infrastructure because > *something* is outdated or in desperate need of overhaul. It might be > hardware, it could be software systems, it could be staff that’s spread > incredibly thin. If budgets are at the higher end, it’s a question of > that’s real growth and/or if capitalized projects are being operationalized > — one of the things that’s always concerning is when I see low operating > budgets but high capital budgets because it doesn’t always demonstrate > sustainable practice around tech. I’m also concerned about the high end of > the range because I want to see that it’s reflected as a core component of > the overall strategic plan or is it just momentary catch-up. > > My ideal scenario is that I see high capital budgets a few years prior, a > peak in operating budgets about now, and then around 5-6% in the future (as > a sustainable pattern of effort). Not all tech needs to be expensive and > you can do things in a pretty scrappy fashion, but there’s no getting > around some basic infrastructure costs and *seeing* the real support from > the organization as part of the operating budget. > > -bw. > > > On Apr 14, 2016, at 10:21 AM, Nik Honeysett <nhoneys...@bpoc.org> wrote: > > > > Yes, operating. The lowest number in my unofficial survey was just over > 3%, which qualifies under Keir’s comment, I think. > > > > -nik > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Nik Honeysett | Chief Executive Officer > > > > BALBOA PARK ONLINE COLLABORATIVE > > > > M (805) 402-3326 P (619) 331-1974 E nhoneys...@bpoc.org <mailto: > nhoneys...@bpoc.org> > > 2131 Pan American Plaza, San Diego, CA 92101 > > > > A technology collaboration that connects audiences to art, culture and > science. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > On Apr 14, 2016, at 10:15 AM, Douglas Hegley <dheg...@artsmia.org> > wrote: > > > > If we are talking only about operating budget, Nik's figures match what > > I've learned over the years. At Mia, we are at about that 5% figure. > > Capital is a different story. Technology accounts for more than 30% of > the > > Capital budget year-over-year, and can vary widely. That figure is then > > adjusted according to how much fundraising we can accomplish to offset > the > > hit on the museum's funds. > > In other words, it's complicated! > > - Douglas > > > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Nik Honeysett <nhoneys...@bpoc.org > <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org>> wrote: > > > >> My completely unofficial, back-of-the-napkin, finger-in-the-wind, > >> two-year-old, but-from-reliable-sources (museum administrators) put the > >> average at just under 5%, with some outliers like the Getty at about 8%. > >> > >> -nik > >> > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> Nik Honeysett | Chief Executive Officer > >> > >> BALBOA PARK ONLINE COLLABORATIVE > >> > >> M (805) 402-3326 P (619) 331-1974 E nhoneys...@bpoc.org <mailto: > nhoneys...@bpoc.org> <mailto: > >> nhoneys...@bpoc.org> > >> 2131 Pan American Plaza, San Diego, CA 92101 > >> > >> A technology collaboration that connects audiences to art, culture and > >> science. > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> > >> On Apr 14, 2016, at 9:58 AM, Tim Rager <t...@seattleartmuseum.org> > wrote: > >> > >> Informal survey – I’m curious how much of your museum budget is > dedicated > >> to IT or Digital? Or does anyone know if there’s some sort of > >> industry-wide benchmark report available that talks about this? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> TIM RAGER > >> Director of Technology > >> > >> Seattle Art Museum > >> p: 206.344.5278 > >> seattleartmuseum.org<http://seattleartmuseum.org/> > >> > >> KEHINDE WILEY: A NEW REPUBLIC / Seattle Art Museum / Feb 11 – May 8 > >> MOOD INDIGO: TEXTILES FROM AROUND THE WORLD / Asian Art Museum / Apr 9 – > >> Oct 9 > >> JOURNEY TO DUNHUANG / Asian Art Museum / Mar 5 – Jun 12 > >> Get tickets at visitsam.org/tickets<http://visitsam.org/tickets> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer > >> Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > >> > >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > >> > >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > >> http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > >> > >> The MCN-L archives can be found at: > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer > >> Network (http://www.mcn.edu <http://www.mcn.edu/>) > >> > >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu <mailto: > mcn-l@mcn.edu> > >> > >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > >> http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l < > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l> > >> > >> The MCN-L archives can be found at: > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ < > http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Douglas Hegley > > Director of Media and Technology > > Minneapolis Institute of Art > > 2400 Third Avenue South > > Minneapolis, MN 55404 > > (612) 870-3072 | dheg...@artsmia.org <mailto:dheg...@artsmia.org> | > www.artsmia.org <http://www.artsmia.org/> > > _______________________________________________ > > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu <http://www.mcn.edu/>) > > > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu <mailto: > mcn-l@mcn.edu> > > > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l < > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l> > > > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ < > http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/> > > _______________________________________________ > > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > > > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Bruce Wyman > bwy...@teufelkind.net > > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > -- :..::...::..::...::..: Trilce Navarrete m: +31 (0)6 244 84998 | s: trilcen | t: @trilcenavarrete w: trilcenavarrete.com
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