Mary, I like David's suggestions, but the central problem is that collections and registration activities are very difficult to quantify in any meaningful way. Exhibits, accessions, and inventorying can vary wildly from year to year or month to month. There will be no "average" or mean, by which a department can be easily gauged. You can look at the completion and timetables for projects, seek to assess the thoroughness of the work, and look at the condition of the collections and storage, but actually putting useful numbers to anything will be very difficult, and very likely counterproductive. Personally I judge my success by how tired I am at the end of the day, and by how much I intended to get done that had to wait for tomorrow. If I am tired as heck and did not get everything done, then I have been a success. Good luck. Mark Janzen Registrar/Collections Manager Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection Wichita State University (316)978-5850 Mary Oliver <moliver@DAYTONHI STORY.ORG> To Sent by: Museum [log in to unmask] discussion list cc <[log in to unmask] SE.LSOFT.COM> Subject Collections Department Performance Indicators 09/27/2006 10:35 AM Please respond to Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask] SE.LSOFT.COM> Good Morning, We are creating a performance matrix for our organization which will become the measurement for success in given areas. Easily quantified are areas such as programming, visitation and museum store sales have been included. We are having difficulty figuring out how to create quantifiable indicators of success for the collections department. Are there any organizations out there who are able to do this? Thank you, Mary Mary Oliver Director of Collections Dayton History 1000 Carillon Blvd. Dayton, Ohio 45409 937-293-2841 x115 [log in to unmask] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).