Earlier in the month I sent out an e-mail asking for museums that have
a resource room for their participation in an online survey about their
resource room. Phase-I did not bring in as many surveys as hoped. For Phase-II I
am sending out the survey again with a deadline due by Monday March 31, 2008. Please
take a moment of your time and complete this survey. When I have interviewed
people by phone this process took less than 15 minutes of there time. Your
response to the questions will remain anonymous but your name and affiliation
will be included in the Please
Touch Museum
official report.
Danielle Harrison
Please Touch Museum®
Play Study Center Intern
Please Touch Museum®
Museum Resource/Research
Room Questionnaire
Please fill out the questions by
typing in your response and e-mailing the completed, saved questionnaire back
to [log in to unmask]
by Monday March 31, 2008.
- How was the
importance of a resource/research room determined? What process led to the
decision?
- What was involved in
the planning of the resource/research room? Feel free to mention
anything you and others did.
- Who was involved in
planning and designing the resource/research room? What were their
roles?
- How was its location
chosen? Is it connected to or near the store? Are rest rooms and or water
fountains nearby? Are you satisfied with its placement?
- How was the resource/research
room designed? What does it look like? Describe
its important design features.
- What changes or
adjustments in planning and design happened along the way?
- Is there a fee to
use the services? What is the cost?
- How is it staffed?
Are there any qualifying credentials that one must have to be staffed there?
- Who are the intended
users of the resource/research room? Who actually uses the resource/research
room? How extensively do they use it?
- Please describe what
happens in your resource/research room.
- What materials are
offered? What materials are most often used? Are the materials
connected to the exhibits? How?
- Are these materials
available to be lent out? How does the lending out process work? - Are you
happy with this system?
- Are you a collecting
institution? Are there any collections displayed in the resource/research
room? Do the collections tie into the exhibits in your gallery? How much
space is allotted to the collections in the resource/research room? How
often are the collections changed within the resource/research room, if at
all?
- Is your resource/research
room child friendly? Are there children’s books or toys?
Are there any programs offered through the resource/research
room? What types of programs are offered if any?
- What aspects of the
resource/research room have been the best? What has worked less
well? Is there anything that you would change or add to the resource/research
room and Why?
- What is your name
and affiliation? Your response to the
questions will remain anonymous but your name and affiliation will be
included in the official report. Leave this space blank if you choose to
remain anonymous in the official report.
Thank You