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 > ---------- > From: Bosher, Tim > Reply To: Museum discussion list > Sent: Tuesday, 20 October 1998 11:59 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > 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] >