Hi everyone -- we are offering a course in February with Scott Sayre that addresses many of these issues. If "Museum Information Management" http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/courses/ha488n.aspx if of interest to you, please let us know as we still have a couple of spaces available!
Best wishes, Joy Davis, Program Director Cultural Management Programs Division of Continuing Studies University of Victoria PO Box 3030 STN CSC Victoria, BC V8W 3N6 250 721 8462 For information on the Cultural Resource Management Program, please visit http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp For information on the Intercultural Education and Training Program, please visit http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/iet -----Original Message----- From: Rachel Davidman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: January 14, 2005 12:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Museum wide technology plan >Hello Jake, Thanks for your response. We are at the very very beginnings here. Just getting the ball going. I would love to see a copy of your current tech plan. A few questions for you: Did you have support from the senior staff? What kind of resistance did you encounter and how did you deal with it? Have you contracted with a third party yet? If so are you pleased with the work thus far? Thanks, Rachel 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 > >>>> [email protected] 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 --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected]
