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Hi all,</div>
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As part of my strategic planning for the University of Iowa Paleontology Repository, I'm looking to expand "success" and "value" metrics to continue to advocate for support of collections.</div>
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Anyone willing to share your metrics here? We've traditionally used yearly metrics such as:</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Number of loans/loaned specimens/geographic coverage of borrowers</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Number of specimens/lots catalogued/digitized</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Number of ID and research enquiries (in-person and online)</div>
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What other metrics can I include, especially relating to use and value to institutional parent?</div>
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Looking forward to your ideas - thanks! </div>
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Tiffany</div>
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Collections Manager, Paleontology Repository</div>
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Instructor, Museum Studies Certificate Program</div>
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Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences</div>
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University of Iowa</div>
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phone: 319 335 1822</div>
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email: <a href="mailto:tiffany-adrain@uiowa.edu">tiffany-adrain@uiowa.edu</a></div>
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website: <a href="http://www.uiowa.edu/~geology/paleo"></a><a href="https://ees.uiowa.edu/">https://ees.uiowa.edu/</a></div>
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