Draft Survey - Division of Preservation and Access

1. TEST SURVEY
The survey seeks information about the long-term impact of Humanities Collections and Reference Resources (HCRR)
projects you directed since 2000. These include grants originally funded in the following programs: Grants to Preserve
and Create Access to Humanities Collections, Reference Materials, and National Heritage Preservation Projects.
Please answer the following questions.

1. Type of institution:
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Library

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Archives

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Museum

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Historical society

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College or university

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2. Please indicate the year in which the grant was AWARDED. If you directed more than
one HCRR project, select the years in which each grant was awarded.
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2000

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2004

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2008

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2001

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2005

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2009

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2002

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2006

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Not sure

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2003

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2007

3. List products or outcomes of your HCRR project. Include any products that became
apparent AFTER the grant period. Check all that apply.
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Print Publication (e.g., dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas, monograph, index)

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Online Publication (e.g, dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas, monograph, index)

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Article

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Conference Paper or Presentation

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Catalog Records

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CD-ROM

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Finding Aid (e.g., index, bibliography, catalog)

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Online Access to Digital Collection

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Database

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Social Network Site

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Course or Curricular Materials

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Exhibition

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Media Production

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Conference, Institute, Seminar, Workshop

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Improved Storage of Collection (e.g., rehousing)

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Preserved/Increased Access to Collection through Reformatting (e.g., microfilming, digitization of audiovisual materials)

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Preserved/Increased Access to Collection through Conservation Treatment

Other (please specify)

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4. Using the following quantitative measures, show how grant-based resources
produced since 2000 have influenced research, education, or public knowledge of the
humanities. Select all the measures that apply.

Number of users of Web-based
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Number of unique visitors of
Web-based resources
Other measures of Web use
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Number of print volumes sold
or produced
Number of attendees at
exhibition
Average annual number of
researchers using special

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5. Indicate the degree to which the following groups have made use of grant products.
Use heavily

Use somewhat

Use not at all

Not sure/No opinion

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6. Has your HCRR project received reviews or coverage in the media? Select all that
apply:
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Newspaper

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Blog

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Magazine

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Journal

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My project did not receive reviews or media coverage.

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7. Have any grant products received awards or prizes? If so provide the following
information:
Product,Prize, Awarding Organization,
Date Awarded
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8. This question addresses the long-term impact of the HCRR grant on your
organization's infrastructure, i.e., its capacity to carry out its overarching objective of
preserving and increasing access to its humanities collections or, alternatively, to
sustain the humanities reference resource it has developed. Select all that apply:
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Improved the skills of its staff.

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Gained experience to be able to conduct other preservation and access projects.

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Hired or retained staff on a permanent basis.

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Dedicated more internal resources to preservation and access activities.

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Collaborated with other institutions to create a reference resource or to preserve a humanities collection.

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Leveraged external funding for similar activities.

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No long-term impact observed.

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9. Please provide any suggestions for improving the HCRR grant program. For example,
were there activities that you would have liked to include in your project that were
outside the scope of the program, or are there emerging areas of need in your
professional field that this program might help to address?
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10. Project Director: (optional)
Name:
Email Address: