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Apologies, I didn't realise an attachment would be removed. More fool me. Please feel free to email your responses back privately to [email protected] Here are the questions for you: Crowdsourcing/Curation Questionnaire for Krista Godfrey, Royal Holloway, University of London 1. Demographics. Please complete the following Age Group: <18, 19-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, Over 60 Highest Educational level: GCSE/A-Level/Degree/Masters/Postgraduate Taught/MPhil/PhD Number of years you have been in the heritage industry: <1, 1-5, 6-10, >10 Please provide your current title: 2. What professional (not personal) experience do you have engaging with social media? For example, do you regularly tweet or engage with Facebook communities around your area of expertise? 3. Has the use of social media interactions with the public affected your role? For example, needing to dedicate more time to responding to questions from the public (whether directly posed to you or via another area of your organisation)? 4. Could you describe your experience of engaging with the public over social media (crowdsourcing/crowd-curation/co-curation/cooperation)? 5. Has the increased use of social media in your cultural institution had any impact on your role? Please describe any positive or negative experiences. 6. Have you used social media to ask the public their opinion or seek information from them? For example, putting an image of an artefact onto social media to ask for input to its use or any stories around it. 7. Extended reach is viewed as a positive element of social media for cultural institutions. Can you think of any times where this extended reach has had a direct impact on you? For example, a deeper understanding of the story behind artefacts or images in the collections. 8. Have you been involved with@AskACurator days? If so, please give some insight as to your experience of this event. What went well? What elements were difficult or challenging to deal with? 9. Are you involved with any online communities surrounding your organisation, such as Facebook groups? If so, please give some details and some insight on your experience of being part of such communities. 10. Do you feel that the authority, trust or expertise levels of yourself or your institution are being challenged through increased engagement with the public over social media? Please give examples where you can. 11. Has your cultural organisation made any specific changes that have come about following on from interactions/engagements with the public over social media? Kind regards Krista
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