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Museum Conferences Share 2020 Vision
List of 2020 museum conferences. With schedule, travel, and budget constraints, museum professionals need a strategy for planning conference attendance.
Active Reading is a Key Skill for Information Professionals
Skills for special librarians and virtual librarians include active reading which increases comprehension and retention of information.
The Effect of Technology on Archival Activities
Archival collection development, appraisal, arrangement and description, preservation, and research services have been transformed by technology.
KM Conversations—Advanced Discovery Part 3: User Interface
The user interface is the knowledge management system point of entry providing navigation, search, communications, an index, a knowledge map, and links.
Museum Forecast 2020
Skills for special librarians and virtual librarians are awareness of trends, new technologies and resources, and building subject specialties
Building Good Habits for Information Professionals
Skills for special librarians and virtual librarians are awareness of trends, new technologies and resources, and building subject specialties
Technology’s Impact on Archives
Technology has changed archival collections management, with dramatic but gradual impact.
KM Conversations—Advanced Discovery Part 2: Search
Best KM search engines enable searching for sites, documents, files, lists, content, and answers to questions, plus ability to search on text or metadata
Resources for Museums on How to Identify and Articulate Value
Museum sustainability depends on articulating the value of what museums do and why it matters; here is a list of resources to help
Using the ADDIE Model to Create Library Training
Skills for special librarians include training; the ADDIE model supports analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation of training programs.
Open Source or Proprietary? Weighing Your Archival CMS Options
Many archives use proprietary archival collections management systems; open source can provide an alternative but be aware of hidden costs and risks
KM Conversations—Advanced Discovery Part 1: Classification
Knowledge managers use taxonomy, folksonomy, metadata and tags to classify content so it’s easily discoverable through navigation, search and links.
A 2019 Recap of Museum Issues
The future of museums depends on an understanding of issues that impacted the profession in 2019; review of trends.
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