Demystifying Data Preparation for a New CMS

PREPARE YOUR COLLECTIONS DATA FOR A NEW MUSEUM CMS

Collections management expert Rachael Cristine Woody guides you through the fundamentals of preparing data for a museum CMS migration.

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Demystifying Data Preparation for a New CMS

PREPARE YOUR COLLECTIONS DATA FOR A NEW MUSEUM CMS

Collections management expert Rachael Cristine Woody guides you through the fundamentals of preparing data for a museum CMS migration.

Get the free eBook

PDF file size: 10MB approx.

Learn how to prepare museum data for a new CMS

Demystifying Data Preparation for a New CMS offers advice from Rachael Cristine Woody, a seasoned museum expert and consultant with significant experience in museum, history and heritage organizations as both a practitioner and advisor.

This book outlines how to prepare museum content (data and assets) for migration to a new museum collections management system through a process of data evaluation, data remediation (cleanup), and data preparation—demystifying what can be an intimidating process and leading to the other side, where your data awaits you in a shiny new CMS.

Inside the book

Rachael Cristine Woody’s expert guidance on preparing data for successful migration to a new CMS:

DISMANTLING BARRIERS TO A NEW CMS

EVALUATING THE SHAPE OF MUSEUM DATA

STRATEGIES FOR MUSEUM DATA REMEDIATION

CHOOSING THE RIGHT MUSEUM DATA STORAGE

PREPARING FOR MUSEUM DATA MIGRATION

HOW TO PREPARE FOR A NEW MUSEUM CMS

About the Author

Rachael is the founder of Relicura, and provides services to museums, libraries, and archives. She specializes in museum collections management systems, digitization technology, digital project management, and digital usership. Previously she was at the Freer|Sackler Museum of the Smithsonian Institution and the Oregon Wine History Archive at Linfield College, where she successfully launched multiple digital projects that included advanced digitization technology, collaborative portals, and the migration of collection information into collections management systems. Rachael is a contributing member at the American Alliance of Museums, Oregon Museum Association, National Council on Public History, Society of American Archivists, and Northwest Archivists. She is also a popular guest author for Lucidea’s Think Clearly Blog, and her first four books for Lucidea Press, Survivor’s Guide to Museum Grant Writing, How to Select, Buy, and Use a Museum CMS, Museum Digital Projects and You. Where to Begin?, and Prepare for Takeoff: Get Your Museum Digital Project Off the Ground were extremely well received.

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