Museum Digital Projects: Tool Challenges
Museum digital project managers consider implementation work a tool needs, its ease of usability, and potential longevity; even if it is free
Museum digital project managers consider implementation work a tool needs, its ease of usability, and potential longevity; even if it is free
Effective teams involving a hybrid of museum staff, interns, and volunteers require established communication patterns, unified training, and respect.
Museums offer innovative educational experiences. The pandemic provided an opportunity for museums to fill a gap in educational programming;
Museum professionals must lobby for increased funding, proposing a liberated form of financially aiding museums via easily granted financial awards
Businesses should have archives and archival records to document the company’s history, become more efficient, and provide legal protection.
Planning a museum digital project includes knowing the costs of digitization software, museum CMS platforms, and digital asset management systems.
ArchivEra was chosen by their solo archivist as the best archival collections management system for the Center for the History of Family Medicine
This post offers detailed museum digital project creation guidance on the who, what, when, why, and how components that lead to project success.
The sixth in a series of 6 posts from Rachael Cristine Woody analyzing the elements of AAM’s Center for the Future of Museums TrendsWatch Report 2021
Digital museum collections work and the CMS tools we use are more essential now than ever; this will likely remain true post-pandemic.
DAMS and CMS platforms have similar functionality, but there are differences in how well those work and whether they meet museum requirements.
Free webinar with tips from Margot Note on how to gather stakeholder input and build advocacy and engagement when selecting an archival CMS
Free webinar with tips from Margot Note on how to improve archival collections management through a robust CMS.
Institutional archives have archival collection policies that protect their hard earned knowledge and history in perpetuity, including for publicity
Tips on how to ensure a seamless transition when migrating digital collection content from one museum CMS to another.
Archivists who preserve architectural records must observe archival collections management policies to make appraisal and preservation decisions.
Most people don’t understand copyright complexity. Archivists must educate users, colleagues, leadership teams about copyright as applied to collections.
The common reason for choosing open source is its price. What can possibly beat free? When you dig a little deeper you’ll see free doesn’t always equal free.
Wanna know what’s new at Lucidea Labs? We recently launched a project to make our software more accessible to people with disabilities.