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“DOES YOUR INSTITUTION MAINTAIN A CAMPUS ART COLLECTION?”

If your answer to this question is yes, please take a few minutes to complete
the following brief questionnaire. Please do not respond to the entire list,
but rather email your response to Angie Pizzolato at [log in to unmask]
I am an undergraduate Art History student at Beloit College who has received
a fellowship to conduct research on the College’s campus art collection.

The purpose of this questionnaire is to gather information regarding the professional
standards for the administration, preservation, management, registration, and
loan of campus art collections. We are defining campus art as collection items
being maintained specifically for public display throughout the campus in an
effort to enhance its overall appearance.

Former inquiries to various museum related list serves indicate that this is
a relevant and problematic topic for many institutions.

The results of this questionnaire will be made available upon request.

Thank you for your time,

Angie Pizzolato


_Background Information & History_


     1.   What is the name of your institution and associated museum or gallery?



     2.   Is the campus art collection affiliated with the museum of another
department on campus?


     3.   Briefly describe the origins of your institution’s campus art collection.
How long has the collection been in existence?


     4.   Why does your institution maintain a campus art collection?


_Administration_


     5.   Is your museum AAM Accredited?


     6.   Does your institution have a separate policy for its campus art collection
or it is a part of the larger collections policy? Would you be willing to share
your collections policy?


     7.   From whose budget do cost involved in the direct care and maintenance
of your institution’s collection come?


_Preservation_


     8.   Is the standard of care applied to your institution’s campus art collection
differ from that applied to its permanent collection?


     9.   What level of preservation is applied to your institution’s campus
art collection? High level (same as permanent collections); moderate level (less
than permanent collections, but basic standards employed); or low level (objects
considered replaceable and disposable).


     10.  Do you periodically complete condition reports on objects in the campus
art collection? If so, how often?


     11.  How concerned are you with theft? Has anything from your institution’s
campus art collection ever been stolen or misplaced/lost?


_Registration_


     12.  How is your campus art collection classified? (Campus art collection,
permanent collection, teaching collections, education collection, study collection,
etc.)


     13.  How many object are in your institution’s campus art collection?


     14.  How is responsible for managing your institution’s campus art collection?
What is their title?


     15.  What type of registration/numbering system is used to catalogue your
campus art collection? Is the system the same as that applied to your permanent
collections?


     16.  Is a database or catalogue file maintained on items in your campus
art collection?


     17.  Is the campus collection stored separately from the permanent collections
or integrated?


_Loans_


     18.  What is the typical duration of time allowed for an on-campus loan
from your campus art collection?


     19.  Are there formalized standard regarding who or what department on
campus may borrow from the campus art collection?


     20.  Is the placement of the campus loan ever indicative or guided by the
value of the object?



Again, thank you very much for you time.

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