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Historic Site Library/Archives Survey



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We are graduate students at The Catholic University of
America School of Library and Information Science in
an Art and Museum Librarianship course. We are
conducting a survey to find out about
libraries/archives in historic site museums. If you
are a librarian, archivist, or act as one or both,
please take the time to consider the following
questions and respond to us, offlist.  If a question
does not apply to you or your situation, answer only
those that are relevant to you.

Thank you in advance for your help.


Suni K. Johnson  and  Karen J. Klapperstuck
 suni_k_j@yahoo.com


1. What is your job title and where do you work?
2. What is your professional background? (Education,
experience)
3. How many "hats" do you wear? (Are you
librarian/archivist/webmaster/curator, etc. all in
one?)
4. Is your facility a library, an archive, or a
combination of the two?
5. What kind of staff do you have? FT? PT? Volunteers?
6. What kind of holdings do you have? (rare books,
historic documents, reference collection)
7. What is the mission statement of the
library/archives or the museum/historic site, as a
whole? (A brief overview is fine)
8. What is your acquisitions and donations policy?
9. What is your budget? Does this come from the
museum or another source?
10. Do you have a disaster plan? If so, please
describe.
11. What space concerns/issues do you face in your
facility?
12. What kinds of services do you provide?
(educational programs, research, reference)
13. Who are your main patron groups?
14. What kind of interaction is there between the
library/archives and the historic site?(For example,
is thelibrary/archives staff involved in mounting
exhibits, organizing programs, writing exhibit labels,
etc.)
15. Do you use an automated system for cataloging or
as a public access catalog? If yes, what system and
what are the benefits and downfalls for your
particular collection? Is the catalog available
online?
16. Does the library/archives have a website? If so,
is it part of the historic site's website? How much
input do you have in the website? Is there a direct
link to you, through email, etc.?
17. If money were not a concern, and you could have
any ONE thing for your library/archives, what would it
be? (More space, a particular item, a new building,
new computers, etc.) Use your imagination!

Thanks again!!!

Suni K. Johnson    and  Karen J. Klapperstuck
 suni_k_j@yahoo.com





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