Hi Listers

For my sins in criticising our IT Department I have been asked to put together a strategy / policy detailing where IT should be going in our organisation.

We are a group of 8 national museums (formal and site museums) situated over a geographical distance of about 150 km. We ahve approximately 11 million items in our collections. There are 3 major collections and the history collection in particular is shared by six of the museums.

We have a head office that deals with HR, finance,etc. Exhibition design and production is also handled centrally.

We are heavily involved in Environmental Impact Assessment, besides the normal museum activities.

While I have many ideas of what should go in such a document, I don't have any formal IT training and have not seen an example of a policy.

I am wondering if there are museums out there who have produced a similar document and would be prepared to share it with me / the list.

Indigo - is there anything on your document website - I have lost the instructions on how to access it.

I will of course also check Roger's Global Museum.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Glyn

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 Glyn Balkwill
 Collections Manager
 National Cultural History Museum
 PO Box 28088
 SUNNYSIDE
 0132  RSA
 Tel(w):27 (0)12 324-6082; Tel(h): 27 (0)12 664-1973; Cell: 27 (0)82 770-7826
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