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Historical Society Library Survey!



The Silver Spring (Maryland) Historical Society, established in 1998, is
in the early stages of implementing a society library.  Any assistance
you can provide in answering the following survey questions would be
most helpful.  Please reply off-list to jmccoy@sso.org.  Thank you for
your help.

1.   Society name, year of establishment, and geographical area of
domain (state, county, regional, incorporated or non-incorporated
community).

2.   Your job title, professional background, and number of staff (full
vs. part-time, paid vs. volunteer).

3.   Does your facility also serve in the capacity of an archives?  If
so, do you serve as both the librarian and archivist?

4.   Estimate the number of monographs in your collection as well as the
number of periodicals.

5.   How old is the structure that your library occupies?  What is the
estimated square footage.  Does your facility have a professionally
installed and maintained HVAC system (Heating, Ventilating, and Air
Conditioning) or just normal heat and A/C (if your lucky!), fans, etc.

6.   What is your mission statement?  Are you associated with a historic
property?

7.   What is your yearly operating budget (not including salaries)?
What portion of this goes towards accessioning collection items?  What
percentage of your collection is donated?  What is the source of your
funding?

8.   What materials/collections are most frequently requested by your
public?  If money were not an issue, what service/materials would you
like to be able to offer the public that you currently cannot?

9.   How do you publicize your facility/collection to the public?

10.  Is your catalog automated and available on-line?  Do you have a
web-site?

Any additional wisdom you could offer regarding the starting of a
historical society library from scratch would be most appreciated!

Sincerely,

Jerry A. McCoy/President
Silver Spring Historical Society
PO Box 1160, Silver Spring, MD  20910-1160
http://www.homestead.com/silverspringhistory/

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