Some time ago - in 2005 - Archives & Museum Informatics launched a survey of museum web activities. We noted then that: Each financial cycle museum Webmasters struggle to justify their budget requests. Whenever statistical reports are circulated someone asks, "How do we compare?" When exploring the benefits of a new function, Web teams ask themselves "Is it worth the investment?" Answers to these questions are hard to come by. [see http://www.archimuse.com/research/mwbenchmarks/index.html for the full background] This survey - the results of which are written up at http://www.archimuse.com/research/mwbenchmarks/report/mwbenchmarks2005.html - was designed to help fill some of the voids in our knowledge. As a first stab at the problem we realise that it wasn't perfect. And things have changed since 2005! We've been asked to update the survey for a client-group of museums, and thought we'd use the opportunity to ask for input from the community as well. If we're going to launch it again more broadly, we'd like it to be useful to you ... So, please, take a look at the questions - available as a PDF from http://www.archimuse.com/research/mwbenchmarks/MW-Survey05.pdf - and post your thoughts on revisions or additional questions here: http://conference.archimuse.com/blog/jtrant/museums_and_web_benchmarking_survey_time_update thanks! jennifer -- __________ J. Trant [log in to unmask] Partner & Principal Consultant phone: +1 416 691 2516 Archives & Museum Informatics fax: +1 416 352 6025 158 Lee Ave, Toronto Ontario M4E 2P3 Canada http://www.archimuse.com __________ ************************************************** For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk **************************************************