Nick (and all)

Thanks - this is very useful. MLA is meeting SOCITM (the Society of
Local IT Managers) in a couple of weeks about a number of related
issues, and will be able to use this.

David

David Dawson
Senior Policy Advisor (Digital Futures)
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
Victoria House, Southampton Row
London WC1B 4EA

-----Original Message-----
From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Nick Poole
Sent: 12 June 2007 14:05
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Local Authority Museum websites - a report

Dear All,

 

You may remember that I sent out an enquiry recently concerning Local
Authority museums and their websites. 

 

Firstly, I am hugely grateful to all those of you that responded, both
on-list and off. You provided a lot of really valuable and candid
information and this has helped us enormously. 

 

As promised, I have written up the outcome of the consultation into a
short
report. Obviously, because this was an informal email survey rather than
a
full piece of research, it is a little short on numerical data. That
said, I
think it presents a pretty strong and compelling argument. 

 

The report is summarised on the Collections Link website at
http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/online_publishing/la_sites. There is
also
a PDF download of the full report, which you will find linked on this
page.

 

I feel that this is an important issue, and relates to some important
principles about the kinds of services which museums are asked to
provide. I
would welcome any and all feedback on the report, and particularly any
thoughts about whether it is worth following up with a more concerted
piece
of research work in due course. 

 

In the meantime, I hope you will find the report interesting and useful.
Do
please feel free to use it as part of your discussions with your
Authority. 

 

With many thanks once again, 

 

Nick

 

Nick Poole

Chief Executive

MDA

The Spectrum Building

The Michael Young Centre

Purbeck Road

Cambridge

CB2 2PD

 

Tel 01223 415 760

 

www.mda.org.uk

www.collectionslink.org.uk

www.culturalpropertyadvice.gov.uk

 

MDA (Europe) Ltd. Registered company number 13000565.

 

 


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