Margot Note
Margot Note is an author, archivist, and records manager helping individuals and organizations harness their history. As the principal of Margot Note Consulting LLC, she facilitates the understanding of the importance of unique collections, suggesting ways to manage them and use them to tell stories to connect with people. To learn more, please visit margotnote.com.
Webinar recordings
Margot Note Webinars
Connecting Archival Strategy to Daily Work
Strengthening Archives: Resilience for Today, Tomorrow, and Years to Come
Building Sustainable Archives
Measuring Archival Impact
From Caretakers to Catalysts: Leadership in Archives
Embracing Technology for Stakeholder Engagement
Unlocking Potential through Collaborations
Archivists: Elevating Through Branding
Harnessing Marketing Strategies for Archival Services
Championing Exceptional Archival Services
Archival Relationship-Building
Organizational Culture and Internal Advocacy
Archivist’s Guide to Internal Advocacy
Archivists and Records Managers: The Dynamic Duo
Archival Access
Archival Description
Archival Digitization Planning
Selection for Archival Digitization
Archival Digitization Fundamentals
Making the Case for Archival Digitization
Reach New Archival Audiences: Optimize Communication
Reach New Archival Audiences: Foster Creativity
Reach New Archival Audiences: Prioritize Connection
Reach New Archival Audiences: Create a Community
Archival CMS Efficiencies; Metrics and Reporting
Archival CMS Efficiencies; Export Standard Formats
Archival CMS Efficiencies; Email Integration
Archival CMS Efficiencies; Impact on Service
Archival CMS Integrated Portal Impact
Archival CMS Essentials Visibility Access
Fully Leveraging Collections Management Systems
Implementing Collections Management Systems
Preparing a Transition Plan for Your New Archival CMS
Everything You Want to Know About Digital Preservation
Selecting Collections Management Systems—Know Your Options
Digital Preservation Without Tears: Fundamentals for Future-Ready Archivists
Illuminating Archival CMS Requirements
Improving Archival Work through Collections Management Systems
Why Reviewing Completed Projects Makes All the Difference
Monitor Performance to Keep Your Project on Track
Key to Successful Archives Project Management Part 3: Leading and Managing Project Teams
Keys to Succesful Archives Project Management Part 2: Dynamic, Iterative Project Planning
Keys to Successful Archives Project Management Part 1: How to Position Your Archival Project for Success
Blog posts
eBooks
The Archivists’ Advantage: Choosing the Right Collections Management System
Margot Note
Margot Note delivers practical and invaluable advice for archivists engaging with the process of selecting an archival collections management system for the first time, or seeking to replace an existing CMS to address changing needs.
Demystifying Archival Projects: Five Essentials for Success
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As work in archives continues to become more project-driven, educational and professional development opportunities for archivists have not kept pace. This book aims to provide the needed information—just enough project management methodology—to bridge that knowledge gap.
The Digital Decisive Moment: Transformative Digitization Practices
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Margot Note provides a reference for institutions converting resources to digital form while maintaining both analog and digital collections. The book advocates integrated initiatives, emphasizing the intersection of objectives and applications. Readers will learn to define their project needs, evaluate their options, and manage the digitization process.
Digital Preservation Without Tears
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In a field of emerging best practices, this book strives to be a useful introduction to digital preservation. As the field codifies techniques, archivists should act now. No matter how small a step, implementing digital preservation activities helps support historical assets for long-term access.
Perserve, Promote, Persevere: The Archivists’ Guide to Internal Advocacy
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Preserve, Promote, Persevere: The Archivists’ Guide to Internal Advocacy offers a call to action for enhancing archival programs and ensuring a secure place in the archives’ institutional community through stewardship, accessibility, and public relations. Readers will learn how to cultivate skills to become better promoters of themselves, their repositories, and their profession.