3.1: Collections
Improve the stewardship of the national collections for present and future generations Other Information:
Short-term Collections program goals: Show that plans are developed and progress is being made on rationalizing collections
storage space requirements Issue Smithsonian Directive 600 Implementation Manual, which is being revised to reflect the approved
recommendations of the collections management study Key Performance Indicators for Collections: Number of collecting units
with an up-to-date, approved collections management policy Number of collecting units with an up-to-date, approved collections
plan Number of collecting units with an up-to-date, approved cyclical inventory plan appropriate to the unit’s collections
and available resources Number of collecting units with a current digitization plan Number of collection objects/specimens
documented in units’ electronic collections information systems (CIS) Number of collection objects/specimens available in
electronic form to the public
Indicator(s):
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