In April 2010 a questionnaire on how societies / groups affiliated with the RHSV use technology was sent to all affiliated societies.
In July reminder emails were sent to groups who had not returned the questionnaire.
By 3 August, 165 completed surveys had been returned.
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| Break down of surveys |
144 of the responding societies own at least one computer
6 are planning to purchase computers
15 have no plans to purchase a computer
Reasons for not having a computer include:
- Use computers of another organisation (7)
- Do not have a collection or use collection in local library (4)
- Nowhere to store collection – stored at a member’s house
- No headquarters for organisation – meet in members’ homes
- Office bearers / members use own computers
- Members not interested
- Insufficient finance
Computers
- Desktop – 134
- Laptop – 56
- Both – 46
- Inkjet – 110
- Laser – 62
- Both – 37
- Printer-scanner – 3
- No printer – 9
128 respondents said they had a scanner at the society
CD-ROM / DVD burner
110 respondents reported having a CD-ROM burner and or DVD burner Back-up devices
- External hard-drives – 71
- CD-ROM / DVD burner – 69
- USB drives (memory drives, flash drives) – 64
- Floppy disks – 28
1 comment:
I find some of these results quite alarming and cause for concern. I had a query from a researcher recently concerned that if his donation went to a local history group would it be preserved for prosterity. I acknowledged that there is a wide variety of local history groups all with good intentions but not necessarily the resources and skills to maintain collections and make items accessible. Some are absolutely fantastic - others need alot of support. What is the answer here?
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