Mariana--
I rather imagine that you will find all sorts of variations on the
theme of governance structures for university museums.  Which will
be right for you will depend, in part, on what the mission of your
museum is (e.g., primarily research, teaching, etc.).  At any rate,
the Humphrey article mentioned previously is a good place to start:

Humphrey, P.S.  1992.  University natural history museum systems.
Curator 35(1):49-70

There were a few follow-up articles published after this:
American Association of Museums.  1992. Toward working with university
natural history museums.  Curator 35(2):93-94

Diamond, J.  1992.  Issues confronting university natural history
museums.  Curator 35(2):91-93

Hoagland, K.E.  1992.  University natural history museums and public
service.  Curator 35(2):89-91

For other views and especially a historical perspective, try the
following:

Cato, P.S.  1993.  The effect of governance structure on the characteristics
of a sample of natural history-oriented museums.  Museum Management and
Curatorship 12(1):73-90

Ripley, S.D.  1975.  Cabinets, lost and found.  Transactions of the
Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 46:1-12

Cato, P.S.  1992.  The relationship between type of institution and
institutional characteristics.  Museum Management and Curatorship
11:153-170

Butler, B.H.  1993.  Nineteenth-century natural history museums in the
twenty-first century: can they be taken seriously? Curator 36(1):9-12

West, R.M.  1988.  Endangered and orphaned natural history and
anthropological collections in the United States and Canada.
Collection Forum 4(2):65-74

Hope this will get you started.

John
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