Dear
Colleagues:
In
March, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center posted questions on
ARLIS-L, SAA-L, and SAAMUS-L. Our original message follows with summary
responses below in bold:
The
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center is investigating how museum archives
are inventorying and cataloging their collections. If you work in a
museum institution, we’d appreciate if you would take a few minutes to
answer our questions below.
28 responses, majority do not use an archival
database
27 responses, majority do not use a museum
CMS
Is it used in conjunction with an archival
database?
27 responses, majority do not use a museum
CMS in conjunction with an archival database
28
responses, majority do not use an archival database to create finding aids
If not, how do you create finding aids?
Neither of these questions explicitly refers to EAD finding aids.
28 responses, half create by hand (mostly in
Word) and half did not indicate another method for creating finding aids
28 responses, majority do create collection
level records within library catalog
We
have compiled the answers to our questions and posted them on: http://www.scribd.com/doc/14992802/Museum-Archives-Database-Survey
Our
thanks to all of the individuals who took the time to answer our questions.
Sincerely,
Eumie
Imm-Stroukoff and Elizabeth Ehrnst
Georgia
O’Keeffe Museum Research Center
________________________________________________________
Eumie
Imm-Stroukoff
Librarian
and Assistant Director, Research Center
Georgia O'Keeffe
Museum
217
Johnson Street
Santa Fe,
NM 87501
Telephone:
505-946-1011
Fax: 505-946-1093