-- with apologies for cross-postings --
Dear colleagues,
As part of an effort to reorganize its collection management standards and
systems, IVAM is currently pursuing research on the best practices and
common standards among museums of modern art. More specifically, on the
state-of-the-art as regards registry and inventory procedures, vocabularies,
standards, etc.
For that purpose, we have prepared a short questionnaire. We would very much
appreciate your help and time in providing us with a “reality check” for the
results of our study. It is by no means a statistical study, but a largely
subjective enquiry into the tenets of current registry practice. We have
kept it deliberately simple, to avoid consuming too much of your time.
Questions are left open, in order to let you decide the detail of your
answers. If you feel you have already dealt with these topics in published
form, we would appreciate your sending the bibliographic reference (or, even
better, a copy) along with the questionnaire. Feel free to answer in your
own language (other than English), should you prefer so. Different
institutions or projects (not necessarily museums) with the same interests
are also very welcome.
It is available for download as a MS Word file at
http://www.ivam.es/questionnaire.htm You can work directly on the file
template, there is no need to print it. Once answered, please send it as an
attachment to [log in to unmask] You may also post or fax it to
us (see below).
Any information you make available to us will initially be used within
strictly confidential documentation. The final result of our research will
be a set of recommendations for the museum’s chief officials. We also intend
to publish it later. In both cases, quotations and excerpts from your
answers may be used; however, we will not disclose the identity of the
commentator or his/her institution. We will be glad to correspond to your
attention by sending you a copy of our report.
If you have any further question about our research or the questionnaire, do
not hesitate to contact us, preferably by e-mail.
Thank you very much for your attention.
Yours truly,
Jorge Sebastián Lozano
Registry Departament
IVAM – Institut Valenciŕ d’Art Modern
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Guillem de Castro, 118. 46003 Valencia. Spain.
Telephone +34 96 386 3000 Fax +34 96 392 10 94
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