Earlier in the month I sent out an e-mail asking for museums that have a
resource room for their participation in an online survey about their
resource room. Phase-I did not bring in as many surveys as hoped. For
Phase-II I am sending out the survey again with a deadline due by Monday
March 31, 2008. Please take a moment of your time and complete this
survey. When I have interviewed people by phone this process took less
than 15 minutes of there time. Your response to the questions will
remain anonymous but your name and affiliation will be included in the
Please Touch Museum official report. 

 

Danielle Harrison

Please Touch Museum(r)

Play Study Center Intern 

 

Please Touch Museum(r)

Museum Resource/Research Room Questionnaire

 

Please fill out the questions by typing in your response and e-mailing
the completed, saved questionnaire back to
[log in to unmask] by Monday March 31, 2008. 

 

1.	How was the importance of a resource/research room determined?
What process led to the decision?

 

 

 

2.	What was involved in the planning of the resource/research room?
Feel free to mention anything you and others did.

 

 

 

3.	Who was involved in planning and designing the resource/research
room?  What were their roles?

 

 

 

 

4.	How was its location chosen? Is it connected to or near the
store? Are rest rooms and or water fountains nearby? Are you satisfied
with its placement?

 

 

 

 

5.	How was the resource/research room designed? What does it look
like?  Describe

its important design features.

 

 

 

6.	What changes or adjustments in planning and design happened
along the way?

 

 

 

7.	Is there a fee to use the services?  What is the cost?

 

 

 

8.	How is it staffed? Are there any qualifying credentials that one
must have to be staffed there?  

 

 

 

9.	Who are the intended users of the resource/research room? Who
actually uses the resource/research room?  How extensively do they use
it?

 

 

 

10.	Please describe what happens in your resource/research room.

 

 

 

11.	What materials are offered?  What materials are most often used?
Are the materials connected to the exhibits?  How?

 

 

 

12.	Are these materials available to be lent out? How does the
lending out process work? - Are you happy with this system?

 

 

 

 

13.	Are you a collecting institution? Are there any collections
displayed in the resource/research room? Do the collections tie into the
exhibits in your gallery? How much space is allotted to the collections
in the resource/research room? How often are the collections changed
within the resource/research room, if at all? 

 

 

 

14.	Is your resource/research room child friendly? Are there
children's books or toys?

Are there any programs offered through the resource/research room? What
types of programs are offered if any?

 

 

 

 

15.	What aspects of the resource/research room have been the best?
What has worked less well?  Is there anything that you would change or
add to the resource/research room and Why?

 

 

 

16.	What is your name and affiliation? Your response to the
questions will remain anonymous but your name and affiliation will be
included in the official report. Leave this space blank if you choose to
remain anonymous in the official report. 

 

 

 

 

Thank You

 

                                                                        

 

 

 

 

 

 


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