The Purpose of Museum Digital Storage
Many museum professionals struggle to find a cohesive, intuitive, and budget-friendly digital storage system they can reliably put in place.
Many museum professionals struggle to find a cohesive, intuitive, and budget-friendly digital storage system they can reliably put in place.
By following standards, leveraging CMS tools, and creating strong processes you can help ensure future data cleanup is unnecessary.
Museum data cleanup Find and Replace In-System Strategy and CMS Vendor Support Strategy with required elements, directions, recommendations, pitfalls.
Museum data remediation can be overwhelming but when approached in bite-sized chunks we can perform the cleanup in a more accurate and sustainable way.
Data remediation is an important task in our museum collection management work. It is the process of updating, correcting, or organizing data
The more you know about your data, the easier it is to make decisions regarding cleanup or migration of data and linked assets to a new museum CMS
Knowing the location of museum data is important for data security, data redundancy, data retrieval or linking, and data extraction.
The format of museum data impacts the ability to successfully migrate data from one museum CMS to another; tips for data schema, fields, export
Covers preparing museum data so migrating to a new CMS is smooth; tools and strategies exist; success depends on quality and shape of museum data.
Digital files storage is important to museum digital project work; reliable storage that supports further digital project work is critical.
The procurement process for a new museum CMS may be daunting; outline for the procurement process plus tips and best practices, leading to success
This post breaks down the pros and cons of an ill-fitting museum CMS and delivers talking points needed to make the case for a better museum CMS.
It’s often hard for museum staff to choose a new and better CMS. This post identifies top 5 reasons, why they exist, and what to do about barriers.
Archivists have entered the digital decisive moment; digitized and born-digital images have substantially departed from the legacy of analog materials.
This post is focused on how to choose the right software for your museum digital project work, specifically a DAMS versus a CMS.
Blending the physical museum-going experience with enriched digital content results in more information, and more meaningful guest experiences.
Museum engagement app is built for use on smart devices; it facilitates delivery of information and encourages patron engagement
Museum digital project managers consider implementation work a tool needs, its ease of usability, and potential longevity; even if it is free
You’ll successfully move a museum digital project forward if you know how to budget, how to accurately calculate costs, and where to find funding
Covers quality, file format, and metadata (cataloging) standards as the most common standards for museum digital project work.
Challenges museum staff face when engaging in the reparative and post-custodial models of DEI collections development; strategies for success.
Museum digital project planning should include who, what, why, when and how questions; advice for project managers
Digital museum projects are expensive; it’s important to allow time to consider project setup, elements, and needs. Typical questions; best practices
Museum digital pre-project evaluation is an excellent approach to intentional work—setting you and the collections up for a more successful result.
Book from museum expert guides professionals through strategic and logistical aspects of museum digital projects, including best practices