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Dear Mark When Fast Forward 2010 gets published, this will include for the first time a break down of specialist expertise at museums as well as the collection size data. This survey is the biennial benchmark data gathering exercise for West Midlands museums that has been underway since about 1990. By comparing with a trail in Wales, our team are pretty certain that the data can be extrapolated to the rest of the UK. kate Katherine Andrew Principal Heritage Officer Herefordshire Heritage Services Museum Resource & Learning Centre 58, Friar Street Hereford HR4 0AS [log in to unmask] phone 01432 383590 fax 01432 260161 Courier code H16A web site www.herefordshire.gov.uk/museums Check out www.herefordshire.gov.uk/brianhatton for a fantastic new learnign resource on this local artist Herefordshire Council's Cultural Service providing opportunities in Arts, Museums and Heritage, Libraries and Sports Development to residents and visitors. Any opinion expressed in this e-mail or any attached files are those of the individual and not necessarily those of Herefordshire Council. This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee. This communication may contain material protected by law from being passed on. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this e-mail in error, you are advised that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the sender immediately and destroy all copies of it. -----Original Message----- From: The Natural Science Collections Association discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mark Carnall Sent: 18 April 2011 13:04 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: The state of the union Dear all, I've been putting together my paper for the next NatSCA news on an interesting thought experiment that I spoke to some of you about. However, what started as a simple thought experiment has escalated somewhat and I like to ask you all for some information. I'd be much obliged if you could let me know, for your institution how many people are responsible for collections care and management for natural history collections at your institution and roughly, how many object they are responsible for. So for example if you worked at the Wicksworth Herbarium with 4 million objects as a full time curator with a part time assistant you'd reply with: Wicksworth Herbarium Staff: 1.5 Objects: 4 million I'd like this information to examine whether the way I see our subsector actually reflects the reality. I won't be storing the data, I'm just going to plug the numbers into a spreadsheet in a quick analysis and I'm only asking for the institution name so I don't count museums/department twice. Also, PLEASE DON'T EMAIL THE REST OF THE LIST email replies to [log in to unmask] Unless, of course this data set or similar exists already in which case I wouldn't mind a gentle point in the right direction. Kind regards Mark Carnall -- Curator Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy Rockefeller Building University College London 21 University Street London WC1E 6JJ Tel:(+44) 020 3108 2052 (Internal ext. 52052) Email: [log in to unmask] www.grant.museum.ucl.ac.uk Opening Times: Monday to Friday 1-5pm Any opinion expressed in this e-mail or any attached files are those of the individual and not necessarily those of Herefordshire Council. You should be aware that Herefordshire Council monitors its email service. This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee. This communication may contain material protected by law from being passed on. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this e-mail in error, you are advised that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the sender immediately and destroy all copies of it.