[Nhcoll-l] Direct Care Survey now Open

[Bentley, Andrew Charles]

How do you define direct care? What's included in acquisition costs?

Museum standards and ethics dictate that funds from the sale of deaccessioned collections be used for acquisition or direct care/preservation of collections. Many are confused by the term "direct care."

The American Alliance of Museums is conducting an online survey<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__send.aam-2Dus.org_link.cfm-3Fr-3D80299974-26sid-3D66968382-26m-3D8767806-26u-3DMuseum-26j-3D25873151-26s-3Dhttps-3A__newknowledge.az1.qualtrics.com_SE_-3FSID-3DSV-5FcIb6SW5TiJB6GBD&d=AwIFAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=n0wPNnkSfSt6lcFhBO_tQ0HOgjYni4OG1-togiWtclw&s=0Gb57XzyAe6lClOGmRYQs97AIiIz_C5ARLv720d3Szg&e= > to find out what museum professionals, from a broad range of functions and types of museums, personally think should be included in the definition of these terms. The survey also asks about current museum practice regarding deaccessioning and the use of proceeds. The Alliance's cross-disciplinary Direct Care Task Force<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__send.aam-2Dus.org_link.cfm-3Fr-3D80299974-26sid-3D67298519-26m-3D8767806-26u-3DMuseum-26j-3D25873151-26s-3Dhttp-3A__aam-2Dus.org_resources_ethics-2Dstandards-2Dand-2Dbest-2Dpractices_direct-2Dcare-2Dtask-2Dforce-3Futm-5Fsource-3DMagnetMail-26utm-5Fmedium-3DEmail-26utm-5Fcampaign-3D&d=AwIFAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=n0wPNnkSfSt6lcFhBO_tQ0HOgjYni4OG1-togiWtclw&s=ybNg6embpNDy36JGN5fPLRL_ogZvy_PDriujIwvy3zI&e= > will use the survey results to provide guidance to the field on generally accepted uses of proceeds shared by all disciplines and those specific to each discipline.

The survey is open now<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__send.aam-2Dus.org_link.cfm-3Fr-3D80299974-26sid-3D66968383-26m-3D8767806-26u-3DMuseum-26j-3D25873151-26s-3Dhttps-3A__newknowledge.az1.qualtrics.com_SE_-3FSID-3DSV-5FcIb6SW5TiJB6GBD&d=AwIFAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=n0wPNnkSfSt6lcFhBO_tQ0HOgjYni4OG1-togiWtclw&s=EPfFiCEBXAtGCUiqjYAJigfv1jENkuzoxGrvrVQ67sg&e= > and will remain active until March 4. It should take 15-20 minutes to complete. The majority of the questions ask for your personal professional opinion, not the stance of your museum. A few questions ask about your museum's policy; you'll want to have your collections management policy at hand. (Or you'll have the option to skip these questions.)

You can also take the survey by cutting and pasting the following URL into the address bar of your web browser: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__newknowledge.az1.qualtrics.com_SE_-3FSID-3DSV-5FcIb6SW5TiJB6GBDhttps-3A__newknowledge.az1.qualtrics.com_SE_-3FSID-3DSV-5FcIb6SW5TiJB6GBD&d=AwIFAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=n0wPNnkSfSt6lcFhBO_tQ0HOgjYni4OG1-togiWtclw&s=Nfkka2bUs5daZ0j9rpbNiKHXGM7k81Dg5TAiVrueEU4&e= <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__send.aam-2Dus.org_link.cfm-3Fr-3D80299974-26sid-3D66968384-26m-3D8767806-26u-3DMuseum-26j-3D25873151-26s-3Dhttps-3A__newknowledge.az1.qualtrics.com_SE_-3FSID-3DSV-5FcIb6SW5TiJB6GBD&d=AwIFAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=n0wPNnkSfSt6lcFhBO_tQ0HOgjYni4OG1-togiWtclw&s=2kfNB78D4vgKteI5QLvq23DDl12sNl8X2eqPq-8tO_o&e= >

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If you have questions at any point prior to, during or after completing the survey, please contact aamsurvey at newknowledge.org<mailto:aamsurvey at newknowledge.org>.

Thank you for your participation.

Janet Vaughan
Vice President, Membership & Excellence
American Alliance of Museums
jvaughan at aam-us.org<mailto:jvaughan at aam-us.org>
Tel: 202-289-9120


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Andy Bentley
Ichthyology Collection Manager
University of Kansas
Biodiversity Institute
Dyche Hall
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
USA

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