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Resource has already commissioned Liverpool University Centre for Archives Studies (LUCAS), Anne Millman of McCann Matthews Millman Ltd and Stuart Ede of proSede to provide 'snapshot diagnostics of data flow' in the archives, museums and libraries domain respectively. These are being presented to Resource next week. They will presumably feed directly into the work of the Cultural Heritage Consortium. I post this publicly so that all those in the archival domain who have so kindly responded at length to our enquiries already will get an idea of the broader picture. It also gives me the opportunity to thank you all for your assistance. Caroline Williams LUCAS --------------- reply ---------------- > With apologies for cross-posting > > Resource, the Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries is developing > ways of evaluating the impact that the sector makes on society and the > economy. As part of this work, it has commissioned the Cultural > Heritage Consortium (see www.cultural-heritage.org ) to review the current > provision of quantitative time series data, to explore the extent to which > the data can be used to > evaluate impact. > > We have identified a range of statistics that are produced on a > national basis and we are now exploring whether or not there are any > regular statistical exercises being carried out at regional or local > level. > > We are interested in statistical series that cover archives, libraries or > museums or any combination of them within a region, or a smaller > geographical area such as a city conurbation. We are also interested in > statistics collected regularly by individual institutions or local > authorities where the statistics are collected in addition to one of the > regular, national surveys. > > The aim of our work is to put forward a framework that can be used > across the sector to improve the collection and presentation of > statistical information. Your help in identifying or providing statistical > data at this early stage would be greatly > appreciated. > > If you have any information for us, please contact Meg Goodman, CHC Project > Manager at: > > Education for Change > Bow House > 153-159 Bow Road > London E3 2SE > > Email: [log in to unmask] > Tel: ++ 44 (0) 20 89 80 81 82 > Fax: ++ 44 (0) 20 89 80 81 83 > > or from 4 June, Nick Moore, on [log in to unmask] > > Many thanks. >