Museum TrendsWatch 2023: Repatriation, Restitution, Reparations
Museum expert Rachael Cristine Woody offers her analysis of Repatriation, Restitution, Reparations from the current museum TrendsWatch report.
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.
Museum Digital Projects: Choosing Software
This post is focused on how to choose the right software for your museum digital project work, specifically a DAMS versus a CMS.
Museum Forecast 2023
Forecast for the museum field from expert Rachael Woody; focused on an evolution in ethics and subsequent museum policies.
A Year in Review: An Assessment of the 2022 Museum Forecast
Recap of how three areas helped evolve the museum field in 2022: accessibility, elimination of “entry-level” jobs, and a digital boom.
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 Projects: Elements to Include
Museum digital project planning should include who, what, why, when and how questions; advice for project managers
Museum Digital Projects: Order of Operations
Digital museum projects are expensive; it’s important to allow time to consider project setup, elements, and needs. Typical questions; best practices
Museum Digital Projects: Pre-Project Evaluation
Museum digital pre-project evaluation is an excellent approach to intentional work—setting you and the collections up for a more successful result.
Ready to Read: Museum Digital Projects and You. Where to Begin?
Book from museum expert guides professionals through strategic and logistical aspects of museum digital projects, including best practices
Applying DEI to Museum Collection Development — Part 1
As museums integrate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives into programs it’s important to apply a DEI lens to collecting practices.
Museum Digital File Preservation: File Access
Basics of maintaining digital file integrity and access, tips for how museum staff can protect and preserve museum digital files.
Museum Digital File Preservation: File Integrity
Museum expert primer on digital file integrity and how the museum can help to ensure museum digital files are as healthy and whole as possible.
3 Things to Consider When Purchasing Museum Digitization Equipment
There are three things to consider before making a digitization equipment purchase: fit, time, and budget; tips from a museum expert.
Museum Digital Project Consultant: Training
Training is critical to a successful digital project and is where using a consultant can yield a high Return on Investment (ROI).
Museum Digital Project Consultant: Create the Project Framework
A museum digital project framework blueprints how to get a successful project outcome, saving time and money while identifying and planning resources.
Museum Digital Project Consultant: Assess and Recommend
Highlights several digital project types where a museum consultant can be beneficial. Outlines how a consultant can help support museum staff.
Museum Digital Project Sustainability Hacks
Prioritizing a sustainable approach to your projects will help you get the important work done while also helping protect non-work time and wellbeing
3 Strategies for Museum Digital Project Sustainability
Sustainability is a practice; improves work life balance, alleviates chronic stress, ensures work you perform receives the best of your attention.
Project Management for Museum Digital Projects
Implementing project management principles and tools saves museum staff time, keeps projects on budget and on time, and helps avoid costly mistakes
Strategies to Effectively Work with Museum Staff, Interns, and Volunteers
Effective teams involving a hybrid of museum staff, interns, and volunteers require established communication patterns, unified training, and respect.
Museum TrendsWatch: Livable Communities for Our Elders
Analysis of some of society’s broader physical infrastructure issues that keep seniors from fully participating in the museum world.
Myth #5: If it’s Digital, Toss the Original
Digitization is not a reason for disposal of the original, especially in archives. Digitization is a preservation tool, not a replacement tool.
Myth #4: Digital = Permanent
When creating digital preservation policies, consider the file types used, where and how files are saved, and how they may be accessed in the future.
Myth #3: It’s too Hard to Digitize Museum Collections
It’s a myth that digitizing museum collections is too expensive, slow, or hard from a technical perspective. Provides context and ideas.