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7 Digital Storytelling Elements That Live In Your Museum CMS
A museum’s Collections Management System (CMS) is more than just a catalog—it can also serve as a foundation for digital storytelling. By leveraging the rich object data and images already housed in the CMS, museum professionals can experiment with new ways to craft compelling narratives. In this article, Rachael Cristine Woody explores how different types of digital surrogates can bring museum collections to life online.
KM and Curiosity: Is Asking Questions the Key to Limitless Knowledge?
One of the ways Leonardo da Vinci gained knowledge was by asking questions and looking for answers: Why is that happening? How does it happen? What is the quality of that thing, or person, or emotion?
A Year in Review: An Assessment of My 2024 Museum Forecast
At the start of 2024, I shared three forecasts for museums regarding digital programs, AI, and burnout in the museum industry. This post recaps the specifics of my forecast and how those areas actually evolved over the course of 2024.
Lucidea’s Lens: Knowledge Management Thought Leaders Part 94 – Nick Milton
Nick Milton is a consultant, author, speaker, and instructor who consults on knowledge management strategy, KM framework development, and knowledge management implementation. He specializes in lessons learned, capturing and synthesizing knowledge, and managing major knowledge capture programs for big projects.
AI Application to Museum Exhibitions
If you have a smartphone, have used a customer service chat, Googled, or asked Siri something, you have used Artificial Intelligence (AI). What about within the museum physical space?
How Librarians Can Support AI Policy Development
Librarians’ unique position at the intersection of information, technology, and academia makes them valuable contributors to AI policy development.
The Role of Technology in Archives
Digital preservation is crucial to safeguarding cultural and historical heritage for future generations.
Lucidea’s Lens: Knowledge Management Thought Leaders Part 84 – Bill Ives
The late Bill Ives was one of the earliest and most prolific bloggers writing about knowledge management, Web 2.0, and social media every weekday.
What Does AI Mean to Museums?
The museum field is not one that considers itself “cutting edge” or even very technical, and yet AI can have a tremendous positive impact on our work and how we engage with our audiences.
Interview with the Authors: Leachman and Libby on Training Library Staff
Emily Leachman and Garrison Libby are the authors of A Complete Guide to Training Library Staff available later this year from Bloomsbury Press.
What to Look for in Knowledge Management Software
Ideal KM software enables you to capture, curate, connect, collaborate, create, and communicate organizational intelligence in a single venue.
How to Determine the Best Funding Match for Your Museum CMS Project
Details of the five things to look for when assessing a fit between a funding opportunity and your CMS project.
Intellectual Property and AI
Resources to help you think about intellectual property when you use AI, plus links to repositories of AI-generated images from a library expert.
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