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Museum TrendsWatch 2020: Earned Income
The future of museums depends on leaders understanding earned income, the impact of shifting markets or events, how it should be adapted or innovated
Moving Beyond the Archival CMS Status Quo at MFAH
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s Archives leveraged a move of its collection to implement ArchivEra, going from legacy databases to a powerful CMS
10 Priorities for a Knowledge Management Program
Knowledge management (KM) implementation include 10 best practices; Stan Garfield KM guru outlines these in this post on proven strategies
Museum TrendsWatch 2020: Financial Sustainability Introduction
The future of museums rests on effective financial decisions, which cover earned income, charitable income, government funding, and financial capital
5 Reasons for Starting a KM Program
KM efforts begin for several reasons; initially due to individual people; more enduring reasons include enabling the organization to do things better
Economic Disaster Planning for Museums
Museums are handling the economic impact of the pandemic real time and need to plan and be better prepared for the next disaster to avoid bankruptcy.
Open Access: An Important Resource for Special Libraries
Content needed by special libraries is widely available in open formats; knowing what resources are available is important for special librarians.
The Archival CMS: Building A Business Case
Archival repositories manage valuable, irreplaceable materials; they benefit from automation systems (e.g., an archival CMS) with robust capabilities.
Knowledge Management Defined: Part 2
Knowledge Management is simply management – of people and of processes – in any organization that is predominantly made up of knowledge workers
Go Visit a Museum – Doctor’s Orders!
Virtual museum visits still offer health giving benefits including peace and rejuvenation. Museums should consider this for their web presence.
Maintaining Networks as Teleworkers
Teleworking separates us from our colleagues and the active exchange of information. As teleworkers we must maintain our professional networks
The Benefits of Using Systems Designed for Archivists
Archivists often try to leverage library systems for their data, even though they lack unique templates and workflows for comprehensive archival collection management.
Knowledge Management Defined: Part 1
Knowledge management has been defined by many scholars and business gurus; there are useful definitions which can be used to build a KM strategy
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