Survey of Archives in India: User Survey

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How do you measure and improve the quality of an archive? Milli is developing a free Archives Health Tool for archives across India to self-evaluate along a set of parameters, and work with a benchmarking model that allows them to strengthen their work on an area of their choice. To shape and advise this work, Milli is drawing on the input of users of archives across India.

We are working together on the first draft in the form of a detailed survey to assess archives. The project is the first of its kind in India, and a free tool to eventually benefit every memory institution – whether it is a personal almirah, or a state archive.

This survey contains the following sections, and should not take more than 30 minutes max! But you can take as long as you want, even a couple of minutes, since all questions are optional:

Introduction to user
Introduction to assessed archive
Legislations and guidelines
Registration and fees
Access and duplication
Website
Physical Infrastructure
Utilities
Accessibility
Finding Aid + Catalogue
Collections
Additional Questions

Link to user survey: https://bit.ly/milli-aht-user-survey

Milli website: https://milli.link/

Name (Optional)

Email ID ((optional. Please share if you’d like to receive a copy of your responses)

This is a survey or assessment for one archive. Please do share the name and any other details that may help identify the specific archive or branch (address, location, etc). *

The survey may take anywhere between 1-30 minutes, depending on which questions you’d like to reflect on. If you want to just wrap and submit here, do consider filling in this open assessment of the archive - things that work/don’t work, ways to improve.

What are the challenges you have faced or observed in the archives being assessed, if any?

Difficulty in access to material (non standard denial; too many access gates to cross)

Insufficient/minimal/erroneous cataloguing

Physical access barriers (security, etc)

Tedious registration process

Corruption (transactional toward access to material, for instance)

Maintenance of archival material (Fragile physical condition, unstable digital links, etc)

Lack of digital catalogues and/or digital archival objects for access

Preferential access to some users (hierarchy, socioeconomic status, etc)

An environment that does not seem to welcome feedback or criticism

Other:

We’d love for you to help us understand this archive better from your perspective! You can reflect on as little or as many questions as you want. But we also understand if you want to stop here. Let us know? *

Take me further, I would like to glance or reflect more

I'd like to submit here, thanks

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