Raising the Visibility of Archival Collections
An archival CMS allows institutions to enhance visibility and serve communities with online content, promoting value and importance of digital assets
The Essential Nature of Archival Records
Archivists select, preserve, make accessible the materials within their authority. Archival records’ essential nature is for knowledge and research.
Approaches to Acquisition
Archivists should consider all formats that document topics or groups when acquiring primary sources of lasting historical and cultural value.
An Overview of Acquisition in Archives
Acquisition allows archives to make decisions and allocate resources, permitting procurement in a planned, coordinated, systematic manner.
How Does Archival Selection Shape History?
Archival collections development establishes policies and procedures used to select materials in keeping with an archives’ mission and scope.
Using Collections Management Systems to Enhance Access
A well deployed CMS improves archival accessibility, results in higher productivity, lower costs, and increased satisfaction of archivists and patrons
Create More Participatory Archives with Your CMS
Archival repositories use collections management systems to facilitate collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches to records creation.
Maximizing the Value of Your Collections Management System
A successfully implemented archival collections management system (CMS) can make discovery easier and meet changing user needs and expectations.
Optimizing Workflows and Reporting Capabilities with Your CMS
An archival CMS, successfully implemented, can be a catalyst for exploring new possibilities, roles, and workflows within your organization.
Training Colleagues to Use Collections Management Systems
Archives should establish an ongoing CMS training program; this increases user acceptance and develops a common language across the organization
Considerations During CMS Implementation
Archivists should never rush archival collections management system implementation; it is worth the time it takes to do it properly and thoughtfully.
Formulating an Archival Mission Statement
An archives mission statement outlines the responsibilities of the archivist and the authority of the archives to operationalize its goals.
Information Seeking Behavior in Archives
An archival CMS migration requires clean data, a migration plan, and a team that understands relevant information technology and technical skills
Migrating Data into a Collections Management System
An archival CMS migration requires clean data, a migration plan, and a team that understands relevant information technology and technical skills
Determining Data Standards for Collections Management Systems
Adhering to archival information and cataloging standards via organizational collections management policies makes daily activities more efficient
Cleaning and Mapping Data for Collections Management Systems
Archivists can use the implementation of a collections management system to improve data maintenance practices, making collections easier to access.
The Archives of the Future
The archives of the future will emphasize digitization, collaboration, and inclusiveness.
Acquisition and Appraisal for More Representative Archival Collections
Archivists must create strategies to build collections thoughtfully and actively, rather than being passive receivers of files of limited value.
Considering Collections Management System Costs
Selecting the best archival collections management system for your institution requires estimating all the costs involved, even the less obvious costs
Use Your Archival CMS to Enhance Description & Discovery
Archivists must select an archival collections management system compliant with the metadata schema used by their institution and holdings
Researching Collections Management System Options
After archivists develop requirements for an archival collections management system, they must research options and select the best fit for needs
Ready to Read: Digital Preservation Without Tears
Digital Preservation Without Tears is a useful introduction to digital preservation for archivists by consultant, expert, and author Margot Note
Webinar: Illuminating Collections Management Systems Requirements
Free webinar with tips from Margot Note on how to gather stakeholder input and build advocacy and engagement when selecting an archival CMS
Determining CMS Requirements
For an archival collections management system (CMS) to meet demands, it should be selected after a discovery period that builds a decision framework
Planning for your Archival CMS: Initial Steps
An archival CMS project should involve a team that meets regularly, decides on the purpose for the CMS, and examines internal processes and workflows