Collection Management Software Survey

1. Name of museum or organization

Name of museum or organization

2. Your role

Your role Museum director

Collection manger

Technology manager

Other (please specify)

3. Which best describes the collections of your museum or organization?

Which best describes the collections of your museum or organization? Air and space museum

Anthropology/cultural heritage museum

Arboretum, botanic, herbarium

Art center

Art museum, art gallery

Children, youth museum

Culturally specific museum

History museum

Maritime museum

Military museum

Natural history museum

Nature center

Planetarium

Science, technology museum

Zoo

Other (please specify)

4. How many items are in the collections?

How many items are in the collections? Less than 1,000 objects

1,001 – 10,000 objects

10,0001 – 50,000 objects

50,001 – 150,000 objects

150,001 – 350,000 objects

350,001 – 700,000 objects

700,001 – 1.5 million objects

1.5 million - 3.0 million

Over 3 million objects

Not applicable

5. What is your museum or organization's annual operating budget?

What is your museum or organization's annual operating budget? $350,000 or less

$350,001 - $1 million

$1 million - $5 million

$5 million - $10 million

$10 million - $20 million

Over $20 million

6. Which aspects of collections management are most important to your museum?

	Very important	Somewhat important	Not very important	Not at all important
Managing movement of collections	*Which aspects of collections management are most important to your museum? Managing movement of collections Very important	Managing movement of collections Somewhat important	Managing movement of collections Not very important	Managing movement of collections Not at all important
Managing collections documentation and materials	Managing collections documentation and materials Very important	Managing collections documentation and materials Somewhat important	Managing collections documentation and materials Not very important	Managing collections documentation and materials Not at all important
Providing educational access to collections	Providing educational access to collections Very important	Providing educational access to collections Somewhat important	Providing educational access to collections Not very important	Providing educational access to collections Not at all important
Providing research access to collections	Providing research access to collections Very important	Providing research access to collections Somewhat important	Providing research access to collections Not very important	Providing research access to collections Not at all important
Providing broad public access to collection images	Providing broad public access to collection images Very important	Providing broad public access to collection images Somewhat important	Providing broad public access to collection images Not very important	Providing broad public access to collection images Not at all important
Increasing awareness and visibility of current collections	Increasing awareness and visibility of current collections Very important	Increasing awareness and visibility of current collections Somewhat important	Increasing awareness and visibility of current collections Not very important	Increasing awareness and visibility of current collections Not at all important

7. What system do you currently use to manage collections?

What system do you currently use to manage collections? A commercial system

A homegrown database or spreadsheet

We currently have no formal system

Please briefly describe.

8. How well is your current system meeting your collections management needs?

How well is your current system meeting your collections management needs? Extremely well

Quite well

Not very well

Not at all

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