Look at the book :
Barry LORD, Gail Dexter LORD and John NICKS: "The Cost of Collecting.
Collection Management in UK Museums - A Report Commissioned by the Office
of Arts & Libraries" (London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1989, xxvi +
157 pp
You can also contact the authors through the website of their company:
www.lord.ca

Greetings

Adriaan Linters
Kleio heritage consultants nv
Vlamingstraat 4
B-8560   Wevelgem
Flanders - Belgium

At 09:35 16/01/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Collections Care Costs
>
>Hi all, Since I work in a state agency, we recently had to deal with budget
>hearings and we needed facts and figures to justify that we really do need
>more money (don't we all).  One of the figures we came up with is that we
>spend about $0.01 / year per object for collections management /
>conservation materials and needs, not including staff salaries.  This just
>struck me as being incredibly low figure.  I was wondering if anyone else
>out there has a similar statistic that they would be willing to share.  Are
>we in line with the rest of the world?
>
>Thank for your input
>
>Jenny Yearous
>Curator of Collections Management
>State Historical Society of North Dakota
>
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