Access, efficiency and excellence: Measuring non‐economic performance in the English subsidised cultural sector

Selwood, Sara

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“…With scarce resources it is usually the arts administrator/manager who completes this process, with only limited assistance from accountants and other advisers. Cultural policy has increasingly sought to measure performance (Selwood, 1999), and has prompted a culture of accountability that permeates the classical music sector. One might argue that the evidence put forward in this chapter points to some surprisingly beneficial consequences of such a Downloaded by [Bangor University] at 03:55 26 December 2014 culture of accountability for those commercial (forprofit) businesses that work within the classical music sector.…”

Section: Are Classical Music Businesses Able To Leverage Private Sectmentioning

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Financing small music businesses in the UK

Wilson¹

2001

Cultural Trends

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The government regards the UK music industry as a 'great economic success story'. It is keen to see that 'success' developed still further. However, it has long been recognised that one of the main barriers to growth for the industry is access to finance. Anecdotal evidence has pointed to a range of specific problems facing small music businesses as they seek the necessary finance to run their affairs successfully. Up until now, however, there has been little in the way of hard evidence to back this up. This chapter presents the results of a research project commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport that identifies the finance options being used, as well as the actual problems being faced by small music businesses. It also extends that analysis to present some new findings on the different financial profiles of classical and non-classical music businesses.Among the key findings of the research is evidence that the overall proportion of bank finance used by music businesses is appreciably lower than the average for small businesses in general. This is despite the fact that the relatively modest proportion of music businesses refused bank finance (9 per cent) is the same as for the small business sector as a whole. Surprisingly, perhaps, classical music businesses are shown to have a significantly higher take-up of bank finance and a range of other external finance sources than non-classical music businesses. The closing section of the chapter discusses the implications of these findings; the question as to where support for the music industry can best be targeted is addressed; and the benefits of gaining a more sophisticated understanding of the music industry value chain are highlighted. Downloaded by [Bangor University]

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Section: Are Classical Music Businesses Able To Leverage Private Sectmentioning

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Financing small music businesses in the UK

Wilson¹

2001

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“…The funding system has always been reluctant to make judgments about quality (Selwood 1999, 118). And MLA data testifies that museum subsidies primarily benefit the "cultured wealthy" (MORI 2004;Selwood 2004).…”

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Great Expectations: Museums and Regional Economic Development in England

Selwood¹

2006

Curator: The Museum Journal

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This polemic addresses the political expectations of museums in England. Its starting point is the premise of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport that museums make a significant contribution to regional economies, if not to the national economy. Political expediency requires museums to provide evidence for their economic worth. But it could be argued that estimates of museums' economic impact are devalued by being blatantly constructed for the purposes of advocacy. This paper explores various issues that inform the practice of associating museums with economic development. It considers whether the government's cultural policies and aspirations have served to misrepresent (if not exaggerate) the economic impact that museums currently exert, or are deemed capable of exerting. It closes by suggesting that there are some ambiguities in the commitment of the DCMS to the premise that museums are economically important, and by examining implications for the future.

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“…Cultural sector herbaria are often co-located with botanical gardens, field research sites, or natural history museums. The shared goals of cultural institutions include serving the public good, attaining financial stability, and supporting staff (Selwood 1999; Giardina and Rizzo 1994; Falk and Dierking 2008). Serving the public good takes a variety of forms, including serving as storehouses of cultural and scientific information, supporting research work on collection holdings, supporting social impact, and providing educational opportunities to the public (Scott 2006; Stanziola 2008).…”

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Institutional Differences in the Stewardship and Research Output of United States Herbaria

Garretson

2021

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Public policy decisions regarding institutional frameworks that govern the stewardship of biodiversity data at public and private institutions are an area of increasing importance. Museums, government agencies, and academic institutions across the United States maintain collections of biological specimens and information critical to scientific discovery. One subset of these natural history collections are herbaria, or collections of preserved plant matter and their associated data. In this study, I evaluate the current state of the digitization and databasing of herbariums contributing data to the SEInet Regional Network of North American Herbaria, and assess the impact of characteristics, particularly institution type (cultural sector institutions, public universities, private universities, or public land institutions), on the metrics of herbaria richness, digitization, and research usage. The results of this study suggest that institution type is significantly associated with the size, diversity, and digitization efforts of a herbarium collection. Specifically, cultural sector institutions tend to have larger and more diverse collections, followed by public and private universities, and finally public land institutions. Additionally, as herbarium size and richness increases, the research output of associated staff also increases. These results highlight that some institutions, particularly larger institutions located at universities or cultural sector institutions, may be better supported in the curation, stewardship, and digitization of large collections, allowing long-term access to the associated biodiversity data. Smaller institutions at public land institutions may need additional support in these endeavors, and may represent an area of unmet needs for digitization and curatorial funding and resources.

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Access, efficiency and excellence: Measuring non‐economic performance in the English subsidised cultural sector

Cited by 11 publications

References 1 publication

Financing small music businesses in the UK

Financing small music businesses in the UK

Great Expectations: Museums and Regional Economic Development in England

Institutional Differences in the Stewardship and Research Output of United States Herbaria

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