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Re: Measures of productivity
Dorothy,
I found the Billy Graham Center Archives 1999 Annual Report to be an excellent example of this.
Here's the site:
http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/ar/1999.html.
Best wishes,
Thomas Berry, Archivist
Historical Construction Equipment Association
16623 Liberty Hi Road
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
419-352-5616
tberry@wcnet.org
dorothy gruich wrote:
> Does anyone have any referral sources or information regarding measures
> of productivity in an archives? We are in the process of requesting
> additional funding and FTE's for our archives, and have been asked to
> locate information on how other archives measure productivity. For
> example, "on average, how long does it take to process a collection", or
> "what is the ratio of intake for a given year to collections processed
> for that year". We, as the archivists here, understand that is a
> difficult concept to gauge since every collection is different in many
> respects (i.e. organization at intake, preservation concerns, size of
> collection, size of staff, etc...). But as you know, most budgetary
> concerns involve 'numbers' and proving necessity on paper.
>
> Any assistance or direction would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Dorothy Gruich
> Senior Archives Associate
> Archives of the History of American Psychology
>
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>
> Dorothy Gruich
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