You Need to Pay Attention to This Museum CMS Data
Definition of museum Collections Management System (CMS) data, outlines how to find CMS data and highlight the data that provides the best insights.
LAMs are More Alike Than Different: Disaster Preparedness
Libraries, archives and museums are dealing with financial disaster due to COVID-19; advice from an expert on how to navigate challenges LAMs face.
The Benefits of a Discoverable CMS
Digital museum SEO is a continual practice; investing in and maintaining good SEO should be incorporated into routine maintenance of your museum CMS.
How to Test and Improve the SEO of Your Museum CMS
This post describes how to effectively test the SEO of a museum CMS and offers 5 methods for how to get a jump start on improving it.
We Invite You to Leverage a New Grant Resource for LAMs
The grants toolkit empowers LAM professionals by providing information and tools needed to confidently apply for grants.
A Multimedia Museum CMS Supports User Experience Best Practices
The ability to upload, publish, and engage with multimedia files within the museum CMS is critical to meeting user experience (UX) best practices
Meet Baseline Visitor Expectations with a Multimedia Museum CMS
A museum collections management system (CMS) must appeal to digital visitors by offering related multimedia materials grouped together
The Cost Involved When the Museum CMS Front-End is Separate or Less Than
A museum CMS with a separate or “add on” front-end portal is better than no portal, but can come with significant added costs; things to consider
Considering Different Options for Delivering a Museum CMS Public Portal
Fully integrated CMS portals offer benefits for the museum, staff, and digital visitors—and should be considered over other options whenever possible
How to Improve Collection Discovery in the Museum CMS
Discovery designed for the digital hobbyist means providing avenues for visitors to browse information, an object, or collection at the museum.
The Internal Uses and Benefits for a Mobile Museum CMS
Your museum CMS must accommodate mobile-first or mobile-primary users due to the reality of pandemic-induced working from home into the future
How to Sell an Off-the-Shelf Museum CMS to Your Boss
Evidence of a museum CMS helping you do your job better is important; also tell your boss how the CMS is a good choice for the museum as a whole.
What to Look for in an Off-the-Shelf Museum CMS
Learn how to evaluate an off-the-shelf (packaged) museum CMS based on Top Things to Look For (intuitive, customizable, adaptable) and Things To Avoid
Off-the-Shelf Museum CMS: When to Buy One and Where to Find One
Evidence of a museum CMS helping you do your job better is important; also tell your boss how the CMS is a good choice for the museum as a whole.
The Critical Difference Between Museum Deliverables and Outcomes
When writing for a museum grant, it’s important to address both the project deliverables and the project outcomes
How to Increase Museum Grant Success by Mastering the Lexicon
Museum grant writers pay attention to grant lexicons; this post covers grant opportunity lexicons and how to find and use them for greater success.
Prioritize These Remote Museum Projects During Coronavirus—Part 1
Museum workers can focus on digital museum projects while working remotely; digital asset cleanup, digital collections management, and digital strategy
Museum Digital Project Specifications
If a digital museum project requires working with a digitization vendor, museum staff must put digital project specifications in place—here’s a primer
When to Consider Museum Digitization Vendors
Digitization is costly either done in-house or by a vendor; museum staff should assess digitization needs and risks/benefits of using external vendors.
Museum Conferences Share 2020 Vision
List of 2020 museum conferences. With schedule, travel, and budget constraints, museum professionals need a strategy for planning conference attendance.
#AskACurator Day
Museums and social media are a great combination; Twitter makes museum professionals more available to the public, answering questions building interest.
Establishing Museum CMS Best Practices
The museum collections management system (CMS) will be most accurate and effective if museum staff first establish standards and best practices
Museum CMS 101: Workflow and Record Construction
If selected and used correctly, the museum collections management system has the power to positively impact museum staff work and increase digital user enjoyment.
Ready to Read: How to Select, Buy, and Use a Museum CMS
Rachael Cristine Woody’s book How to Select, Buy, and Use a Museum CMS helps you find the best collections management system for your museum.
How to Test, Vet, and Purchase a New Museum CMS
Successful museum CMS selection includes identifying and prioritizing CMS specifications, and exercising due diligence through testing and vetting