STHC-L: The Science, Technology and Health Care Archives Forum

Informal archives staffing survey

• Date:   Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:49:26 -0600
• To:   sthc-l@library.ucla.edu, chi-area-archivists@welles.library.northwestern.edu, chi-med-archivists@rushmetc.net, lcramer@cap.org
• From:   James Carson   < jcarson AT cap.org >
• Subject:   Informal archives staffing survey
• Message-ID:   56965FBD343B5D4FA5107AB5247E32561249CD@vulcan.cap.org

Dear Colleagues: 

Recently my boss and I have been taking counsel on whether the archives staffing 
level here at the College of American Pathologists needs to be upgraded from its 
current 0.6 FTE. As part of that process, we're undertaking a bit of medium-tech 
benchmarking research to see where we stack up relative to other similar organizations.

To that end, we'd appreciate it if those of you who work for non-profit professional 
societies and trade organizations (both health-care-related and otherwise) could take 
a few minutes to favor us with the following data. Please send your reply *off list* to 
me at jcarson@cap.org.

Many thanks for your assistance, and best Holiday wishes. 

Jim Carson 
College of American Pathologists 

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1) Name of your organization 
2) Size of membership 
3) Size of staff (entire organization--full-time equivalent, if that makes a 
difference) 
4) Annual budget (entire organization) 
5) Size of archives staff (full-time equivalent--separate professional and 
para-professional if appropriate) 
6) Date (year) your archives was established 
7) Size of archival collections in cubic or linear feet (separate processed and 
unprocessed if possible) 
8) Do you have library, records management, or similar "allied professional" responsibilities 
in addition to your archival duties? If so, please give your best estimate of the percentage 
of your time devoted to those responsibilities.
9) Do you have any current plans for up-sizing or down-sizing of your archives staff?