My organization, a small preservation organization (four full time staff members) has recently just approached this same problem. I have begun to write a technology plan, but need to keep working.

I highly recommend looking at www.techsoup.org. Besides being a clearing house for several computer companies donation of software to nonprofits (Microsoft office for $20!), it also has a wealth of information on creating technology plans, articles about getting funding for technology, and a forum for dicussion. I cannot recommend this site enough.

I would also love to hear what others are doing.

Sheryl Woodruff

Director of Operations (and default IT administrator)

The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation

>Do any museums out there have a technology plan? As fast as the computer
>world changes with updates and improvements, it is hard to stay current.
>What are other museums doing to replace old workstations/servers and keep
>software/programs up to date? Do any of you using computer systems and
>programs older then 5 years find that it slows staff productivity?
>
>I was curious to see what other museum were doing and how they were
>managing their information technology. Would love to see an IT Plan from a
>museum if anyone has one.
>
>Thanks!
>Holly North
>Curator (and IT Director by default!)
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