Have you contacted Museums Australia (Victoria) yet to see if they have
examples?  They are on the 16th floor of 222 - phone 9651 6768.
Adrienne Leith

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> From:         Bosher, Tim
> Reply To:     Museum discussion list
> Sent:         Tuesday, 20 October 1998 11:59 AM
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> Subject:      Museum Information Policy
>
> Does anyone have any references for preparing an Information Policy for a
> large museum?
>
> We are trying to put something together which ties into our Mission
> statement and recognises Information
> as key resource which is generated by the organisation but then needs to
> be
> managed  and 'cared for'
> so that ongoing access can be provided.
>
> There is an increasing requirement to base resourcing decisions on sound
> 'business cases' so we really need to get
> nformation up there in the planning process and not just taken for
> granted.
>
> Having a high level policy in place, one can then start to set real policy
> for access including consideration of IP and moral rights etc.
>
> There are a lot of 'Information Policies' around which are pretty low
> level
> and mainly seem to talk about what people are allowed to do with their
> pc's.
> We don't want this and want our information policy to be about
> information,
> not necessarily about technology (although technology is clearly a key
> tool)
>
> Any comments, help etc would be appreciated
>
> (Please note that I have deliberately avoided discussion of data vs
> information vs knowledge!)
>
> Tim Bosher
> Information Technology Services
> Museum Victoria
> GPO Box 666E
> Melbourne
> Victoria 3001
> AUSTRALIA
>
> Phone: 61 3 9651 6751
> Fax:61 3 9651 6180
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>